KCET · Physics · Dual Nature of Matter
The figure shows standing de-Broglie waves due to the revolution of electron in a certain orbit of hydrogen atom. Then, the expression for the orbit radius is (All notations have their usual meanings )

- A \(\frac{h^{2} \varepsilon_{0}}{\pi m e^{2}}\)
- B \(\frac{4 h^{2} \varepsilon_{0}}{\pi m e^{2}}\)
- C \(\frac{9 h^{2} \varepsilon_{0}}{\pi m e^{2}}\)
- D \(\frac{36 h^{2} \varepsilon_{0}}{\pi m e^{2}}\)
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(D) \(\frac{36 h^{2} \varepsilon_{0}}{\pi m e^{2}}\)
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According to de-Broglie, the circumference of a stationary orbit must be an integral number of wavelengths.
\(\begin{aligned}
&\qquad n \lambda=2 \pi r_{n} \\
&\text { Also, angular momentum, } m v_{n} r_{n}=\frac{n h}{2 \pi} \\
&\Rightarrow \quad m \frac{e^{2}}{2 n h \varepsilon_{0}} r_{n}=\frac{n h}{2 \pi} \quad\left[\because v_{n}=\frac{e^{2}}{2 n h \varepsilon_{0}}\right] \\
&\Rightarrow \quad r_{n}=\frac{n^{2} h^{2} \varepsilon_{0}}{m e^{2} \pi}=\frac{n^{2} h^{2} \varepsilon_{0}}{\pi m e^{2}}
\end{aligned}\)
Here, number of standing waves, \(n=6\) \(\therefore\)
\(r_{n}=\frac{(6)^{2} h^{2} \varepsilon_{0}}{\pi m e^{2}}=\frac{36 h^{2} \varepsilon_{0}}{\pi m e^{2}}\)
\(\begin{aligned}
&\qquad n \lambda=2 \pi r_{n} \\
&\text { Also, angular momentum, } m v_{n} r_{n}=\frac{n h}{2 \pi} \\
&\Rightarrow \quad m \frac{e^{2}}{2 n h \varepsilon_{0}} r_{n}=\frac{n h}{2 \pi} \quad\left[\because v_{n}=\frac{e^{2}}{2 n h \varepsilon_{0}}\right] \\
&\Rightarrow \quad r_{n}=\frac{n^{2} h^{2} \varepsilon_{0}}{m e^{2} \pi}=\frac{n^{2} h^{2} \varepsilon_{0}}{\pi m e^{2}}
\end{aligned}\)
Here, number of standing waves, \(n=6\) \(\therefore\)
\(r_{n}=\frac{(6)^{2} h^{2} \varepsilon_{0}}{\pi m e^{2}}=\frac{36 h^{2} \varepsilon_{0}}{\pi m e^{2}}\)
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