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Grade 11Physical Chemistry

The kinectic energy of the electron present in the ground state of Li2+ ion is represented by
1) (3e^2)÷(4pie0r)
2) (3e^2)÷(8pie0r)
Could you please explain how you found it?
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Profile image of Yagnesh Devada
9 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Ambarish Kumar Banerjee
9 Years ago
centripetal force is produced by electrostatic force. 
mv2 /r =e*Ze/4(pi)(epsilon naught)r2 .  cut a r from lhs and rhs an d multioply both sides by (1/2). u have the answer as 2
Profile image of Yagnesh Devada
9 Years ago
@ambarish the answer should be 8 since you are multiplying by 1/2, 4 is in the denominator denominator is being multiplied by 2