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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

in the bohrs orbit what is the ratio of total kinetic energy and total energy of the electron

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9 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Umakant biswal
9 Years ago
@ mini 
the kinetic energy associated with the orbit = ½ k e square / r 
the potential energy = – k esquare / r 
so. 
total energy = k.e + p.e = -1/2 k esquare / r 
where k is the coulombs contstant 
e is the charge of electron and r is the radius . 
I THINK u can calculate now