An electron in the ground state of the hydrogen atom has the orbital radius of 5.3 10⁻¹¹ ~m while that for the electron in third excited state is 8.48 10⁻¹⁰ ~m . The ratio of the de Broglie wavelengths of electron in the excited state to th

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An electron in the ground state of the hydrogen atom has the orbital radius of 5.3 10⁻¹¹ ~m while that for the electron in third excited state is 8.48 10⁻¹⁰ ~m . The ratio of the de Broglie wavelengths of electron in the excited state to that in the ground state is

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= h mv aligned & mvr = nh 2 & mv = nh 2 r & = 2 rh nh & r n & ₁ ₄ = r ₁ n ₄ n ₁ r ₄ = 5.3 10⁻¹¹ 4 1 84.8 10⁻¹¹ & ₁ ₄ = 1 4 aligned

An electron in the ground state of the hydrogen atom has the orbital radius of 5.3 10⁻¹¹ ~m while that for the electron in third excited state is 8.48 10⁻¹⁰ ~m . The ratio of the de Broglie wavelengths of electron in the excited state to that in the ground state is

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