Chemistry: Atoms First (2nd Edition)

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1305079248
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-924-3

Chapter 2 - Questions - Page 99b: 36

Answer

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Work Step by Step

In the hydrogen atom, the state with $n =\infty$ and $E = 0$ represents an electron completely unbound from the nucleus; hydrogen is ionized. Energy reference $0$ is defined as the energy of a free electron far from the proton.
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