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Which wavelengths will be emitted by a sample of atomic hydrogen gas (in ground state) if electrons of energy 12.2 eV collide with the atoms of the gas?
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When white radiation is passed through a sample of hydrogen gas at room temperature, absorption lines are observed in Lyman series only. Explain.
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A straight, how wire carries a current of 20 A. Another wire carrying equal current is placed parallel to it. If the force acting on a length of 10 cm of the second wire is 2.0 × 10−5 N, what is the separation between them?
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Find the neutral temperature and inversion temperature of a copper-iron thermocouple if the reference junction is kept at 0°C. Use the data given in the following table.
| Metal with lead (Pb) |
a `mu V"/"^oC` |
b `muV"/("^oC)` |
| Aluminium | -0.47 | 0.003 |
| Bismuth | -43.7 | -0.47 |
| Copper | 2.76 | 0.012 |
| Gold | 2.90 | 0.0093 |
| Iron | 16.6 | -0.030 |
| Nickel | 19.1 | -0.030 |
| Platinum | -1.79 | -0.035 |
| Silver | 2.50 | 0.012 |
| Steel | 10.8 | -0.016 |
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What will be the energy corresponding to the first excited state of a hydrogen atom if the potential energy of the atom is taken to be 10 eV when the electron is widely separated from the proton? Can we still write En = E1/n2, or rn = a0 n2?
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Three coplanar parallel wires, each carrying a current of 10 A along the same direction, are placed with a separation 5.0 cm between the consecutive ones. Find the magnitude of the magnetic force per unit length acting on the wires.
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Two parallel wires separated by a distance of 10 cm carry currents of 10 A and 40 A along the same direction. Where should a third current by placed so that it experiences no magnetic force?
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A small metal plate (work function φ) is kept at a distance d from a singly-ionised, fixed ion. A monochromatic light beam is incident on the metal plate and photoelectrons are emitted. Find the maximum wavelength of the light beam, so that some of the photoelectrons may go round the ion along a circle.
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In a photoelectric experiment, the collector plate is at 2.0 V with respect to the emitter plate made of copper (φ = 4.5 eV). The emitter is illuminated by a source of monochromatic light of wavelength 200 nm. Find the minimum and maximum kinetic energy of the photoelectrons reaching the collector.
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The minimum orbital angular momentum of the electron in a hydrogen atom is
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A conducting circular loop of radius a is connected to two long, straight wires. The straight wires carry a current i as shown in figure. Find the magnetic field B at the centre of the loop.

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Consider the situation of the previous problem. Consider the faster electron emitted parallel to the large metal plate. Find the displacement of this electron parallel to its initial velocity before it strikes the large metal plate.
(Use h = 6.63 × 10-34J-s = 4.14 × 10-15 eV-s, c = 3 × 108 m/s and me = 9.1 × 10-31kg)
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In which of the following transitions will the wavelength be minimum?
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In which of the following systems will the radius of the first orbit (n = 1) be minimum?
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Which of the following curves may represent the speed of the electron in a hydrogen atom as a function of trincipal quantum number n?
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As one considers orbits with higher values of n in a hydrogen atom, the electric potential energy of the atom
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The radius of the shortest orbit in a one-electron system is 18 pm. It may be
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A hydrogen atom in ground state absorbs 10.2 eV of energy. The orbital angular momentum of the electron is increased by
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An electron with kinetic energy 5 eV is incident on a hydrogen atom in its ground state. The collision
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Which of the following products in a hydrogen atom are independent of the principal quantum number n? The symbols have their usual meanings.
(a) vn
(b) Er
(c) En
(d) vr
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