The bound electron in a hydrogen atom starts off in an excited state and releases a photon with a wavelength of 95.0 nm as it transitions to the ground state.
What orbital (n) did the electron start in?
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Expert's answer
2020-05-29T09:59:18-0400
Wavelength of photon is λ=95nm .
Let us consider the electron was in n=n1 orbital and transits to n=1.
Now, from Bohr's principle of hydrogen atom,we know that the amount of energy released by electron in transition is equal to energy of the emitted photon, thus we get
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