Atoms - Result Question 6

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7. What is the radius of iodine atom (At. no. 53, mass no. 126)

======= ####7. What is the radius of iodine atom (At. no. 53, mass no. 126)

3e0f7ab6f6a50373c3f2dbda6ca2533482a77bed:content/english/neet-pyq-chapterwise/physics/atoms/atoms—result-question-6.md (a) $2.5 \times 10^{-11} m$

(b) $2.5 \times 10^{-9} m$

(c) $7 \times 10^{-9} m$

(d) $7 \times 10^{-6} m$

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Topic 2: Bohr Model & The Spectra of the Hydrogen Atom

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Answer:

Correct Answer: 7. (a)

Solution:

  1. (a) 53 electrons in iodine atom are distributed as $2,8,18,18,7$

$ \begin{aligned} \therefore n & =5 \\ r_n & =(0.53 \times 10^{-10}) \frac{n^{2}}{Z} \\ & =\frac{0.53 \times 10^{-10} \times 5^{2}}{53}=2.5 \times 10^{-11} m \end{aligned} $