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Grade upto college level Modern Physics

According to Bohrs theory of hydrogen atom angular momentum of electron in any orbit is directly proportional to square root of the radius of orbit. HOW?

Profile image of Yogita Bang
13 Years agoGrade upto college level
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Profile image of Arun Kumar
12 Years ago
Hello Student

Angular momentum = mvr
v=root(ZKe^2/mr)
So Angular Momentum = mvr=root(ZKe^2*r*m)
and that how its proportional to square root of the radius

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Arun Kumar
Askiitians Faculty
IIT Delhi
Profile image of Ashish Sahani
8 Years ago
We know that r=n^2/Z. ............(1)For Hydrogen, Z=1SoEquation (1) became r=n^2orn=√r. ..................(2)We also know thatAngular momentum =nh/2π. ......(3)From eq. (2)We can writeAngular momentum is directly proportional to √r
Profile image of Ashish Sahani
8 Years ago
We know that r=n^2/Z. ............(1)For Hydrogen, Z=1SoEquation (1) became r=n^2orn=√r. ..................(2)We also know thatAngular momentum =nh/2π. ......(3)From eq. (2) [n =√r]We can writeAngular momentum is directly proportional to √r
Profile image of Kushagra Madhukar
5 Years ago
Dear student,
Please find the answer to your question.
 
We know that angular momentum = r x linear momentum = r x P
= r x 2m(KE)
= r x 2m(KZe2/2r)
= KZe2mr
Hence angular momentum, L ∝ r
 
Thanks and regards,
Kushagra