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When the electron orbiting in hydrogen atom in its ground state moves to the third excited state, show how the de Broglie wavelength associated with it would be affected.

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When the electron orbiting in hydrogen atom in its ground state moves to the third excited state, show how the de Broglie wavelength associated with it would be affected.

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The velocity of a electron in a hydrogen atom is given by the relation

`"v"_"n" = "e"^2/(2"n"epsilon_0"n") "so" "v"_"n" ∝ (1)/"n"`   ...(i)

and the de Broglie wavelength associated with it is `lambda = "h"/"p" = "h"/"mv"`

So `lambda ∝ (1)/"v"_"n"`         ...(ii)

using equation (i) and (ii) `lambda ∝ "n"`

So when electron jump from n = to n = 4 level

`lambda_1/lambda_2 = "n"_1/"n"_2 = (1)/(4)`

`lamda_2 = 4lambda_1`

So the wavelength increases four times.

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