NEET AIPMT SOLVED PAPER SCREENING 2012

  • question_answer
    Electron in hydrogen atom first jumps from third excited state to second excited state and then from second excited to the first excited state. The ratio of the wavelengths \[{{\lambda }_{1}}:{{\lambda }_{2}}\]emitted in the two cases is

    A) 7/5                                        

    B) 27/20

    C) 27/5      

    D)        20/7

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    Here, for wavelength \[{{\lambda }_{1}}\] \[{{n}_{1}}=4\]and\[{{n}_{2}}=3\] and for \[{{\lambda }_{2}},\,{{n}_{1}}=3\] and \[{{n}_{2}}=2\] We have\[\frac{hc}{\lambda }=-13.6\left[ \frac{1}{n_{2}^{2}}-\frac{1}{n_{1}^{2}} \right]\] So, for\[{{\lambda }_{1}}\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[\frac{hc}{{{\lambda }_{1}}}=-13.6\left[ \frac{1}{{{(4)}^{2}}}-\frac{1}{{{(3)}^{2}}} \right]\] \[\frac{hc}{{{\lambda }_{1}}}=13.6\left[ \frac{7}{144} \right]\]                                    ?(1) Similarly, for \[{{\lambda }_{2}}\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[\frac{hc}{{{\lambda }_{2}}}=-13.6\left[ \frac{1}{{{(3)}^{2}}}-\frac{1}{{{(2)}^{2}}} \right]\] \[\frac{hc}{{{\lambda }_{2}}}=13.6\left[ \frac{5}{36} \right]\]                                                       ?(ii) Hence, from Eqs. (i) and (ii), we get \[\frac{{{\lambda }_{1}}}{{{\lambda }_{2}}}=\frac{20}{7}\]


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