Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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Chapter 31 - Atomic Physics - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 1112: 21

Answer

a) $ K_3=1.51eV$ b) $ U_3=-3.024eV$ c) $E_3=-1.51eV$

Work Step by Step

(a) We know that $K_n=\frac{1}{2}m(\frac{2\pi ke^2}{nh})^2$ For $n=3$ and plugging in other values, we obtain: $K_3=\frac{1}{2(9.11\times 10^{-31})[\frac{(2)(3.14)(9\times 10^9)(1.6\times 10^{-19})^2}{(3)(6.63\times 10^{-34})}]^2}$ $\implies K_3=241\times 10^{-21}J$ $\implies K_3=1.51eV$ (b) We know that $U_n=\frac{-KZe^2}{r_n}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $U_3=-\frac{9\times 10^9(1)(1.6\times 10^{-19})^2}{(9) (5.29\times 10^{-11})}$ $U_3=-0.4839\times 10^{-18}J$ $\implies U_3=-3.024eV$ (c) We can find the total energy for state $n=3$ as follows: $E_3=K_3+U_3$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $E_3=1.50625+(-3.024)$ $E_3=-1.51eV$
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