BITSAT 2014
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- Atomic Physics
BITSAT 2014 · Physics · Atomic Physics
If hydrogen atom, an electron jumps from bigger orbit to smaller...
If hydrogen atom, an electron jumps from bigger orbit to smaller orbit so that radius of smaller orbit is one-fourth of radius of bigger orbit. If speed of electron in bigger orbit was , then speed in smaller orbit is
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Correct answer
D.
Step-by-step solution
Radius of the orbit, \begin{aligned}& \frac{\mathrm{r}_{\mathrm{nbig}}}{\mathrm{r}_{\mathrm{n} \text{ small }}}=\frac{\mathrm{n}_{\text{big }^{2}}{\mathrm{n}_{\text{small }^{2}}=\frac{4}{1}\\ \Rightarrow & \frac{\mathrm{n}_{\text{big }}}{\mathrm{n}_{\text{small }}}=2 \\ \Rightarrow \text{ and } \frac{\mathrm{n}_{\text{small }}}{\mathrm{n}_{\text{big }}}=\frac{1}{2} \end{aligned}Velocity of electron in $\mathrm{n}^{\text{th }}$ orbit\begin{array}{c} \quad\mathrm{v}_{\mathrm{n}} \propto \frac{1}{\mathrm{n}}\\ \frac{\mathrm{v}_{\mathrm{n} \mathrm{big}}}{\mathrm{v}_{\mathrm{n} \text{ small }}}=\frac{\mathrm{n}_{\text{small }}}{\mathrm{n}_{\text{big }}}=\frac{1}{2}\\ \Rightarrow \mathrm{v}_{\mathrm{n} \text{ small }}=2\left(\mathrm{v}_{\mathrm{n} \mathrm{big}}\right)=2 \mathrm{v} \end{array}$$