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A hydrogen atom, initially in the ground state is excited by absorbing a photon of wavelength 980. The radius of the atom in the excited state, it terms of Bohr radius a0, will be: (hc= 12500 eV

(a)

9a0

(b)

25a0

(c)

4a0

(d)

16a0


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A hydrogen atom, initially in the ground state is excited by absorbing a photon of wavelength 980. The radius of the atom in the excited state, it terms of Bohr radius a0, will be: (hc= 12500 eV

(a)

9a0

(b)

25a0

(c)

4a0

(d)

16a0

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Answer Key : (d) -

Energy of photon==12.75eV

∴Electron will excite to n=4 since ‘R’∝ n2

∴Radius of atom will be 16a0



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