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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 12 - 12. atoms

A hydrogen atom, initially in the ground state is excited by absorbing a photon of wavelength \(980\,\mathop A\limits^o \). The radius of the atom in the excited state, in  terms of Bohr radius \(a_0,\) will be \((hc\,=\,12500\,eV-\mathop A\limits^o)\)

  1. A \(25\,a_0\)
  2. B \(9\,a_0\)
  3. C \(16\,a_0\)
  4. D \(4\,a_0\)
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(C) \(16\,a_0\)

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Energy supplied \(E=\frac{12400}{900}=12.65 \mathrm{eV}\) \(\therefore \mathrm{E}_{\mathrm{n}}-\mathrm{E}_{1}=12.65\) \(\Rightarrow(13.6)\left(1-\frac{1}{n^{2}}\right)=12.65\) \(\Rightarrow n^{2} \approx 14.3\) \(\Rightarrow n \approx 4\) \(r \propto n^{2}\)
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