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Grade 11Physical Chemistry

What is the ratio of the area of orbit of first excited state of electron to the area of orbit of ground level for hydrogen atom ......plz answer with steps and formula involved.....

Profile image of Avlesh Patel
8 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Arun
8 Years ago
It will be 1:16... As we the radius of hydrogen atom is directly proportional to the square of its principle quantum number.. Hope it helps
Profile image of Khimraj
8 Years ago
Radius of orbit is directly proportional to the n2
So area will be directly proportional to the n4
for first excited state n = 2
and ground state n = 1
So ratio of area will be 1:16
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