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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 12 - 12. atoms

An electron in the hydrogen atom initially in the fourth excited state makes a transition to \(\mathrm{n}^{\text {th }}\) energy state by emitting a photon of energy 2.86 eV. The integer value of \(n\) will be ____.

  1. A 4
  2. B 6
  3. C 8
  4. D 2
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(D) 2

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\(\mathrm{E}=13.6\left(\frac{1}{\mathrm{n}_1^2}-\frac{1}{\mathrm{n}_1^2}\right)\) \(2.86=13.6\left(\frac{1}{\mathrm{n}^2}-\frac{1}{5^2}\right)\) \(\begin{aligned} & \frac{1}{\mathrm{n}^2}=0.21+\frac{1}{2.5} \\ & \mathrm{n}^2=4 \\ & \mathrm{n}=2\end{aligned}\)
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