Atomic Physics Question 10
Question 10 - 01 February - Shift 1
A light of energy $12.75 eV$ is incident on a hydrogen atom in its ground state. The atom absorbs the radiation and reaches to one of its excited states. The angular momentum of the atom in the excited state is $\frac{x}{\pi} \times 10^{-17} eVs$. The value of $x$ is (use $h=4.14 \times 10^{-15} eVs, c=3 \times 10^{8}$ $ms^{-1}$ ).
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Answer: (828)
Solution:
Formula: Angular momentum
In the ground state energy $=-13.6 eV$
So energy
$ \begin{aligned} & \frac{-13.6 eV}{n^{2}}=-13.6+12.75 \\ & \frac{-13.6 eV}{n^{2}}=-0.85 \\ & n=\sqrt{16} \\ & n=4 \end{aligned} $
Angular momentum $=\frac{n h}{2 \pi}=\frac{4 h}{2 \pi}=\frac{2 h}{\pi}$
Angular momentum $=\frac{2}{\pi} \times 4.14 \times 10^{-15}$
$ =\frac{828 \times 10^{-17}}{\pi} eVs $
