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The gyro-magnetic ratio of an electron in an $\mathrm{H}$-atom, according to Bohr model, is
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Options:
  • A
    independent of which orbit it is in
  • B
    negative
  • C
    positive
  • D
    increases with the quantum number $\mathrm{n}$.
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The correct answers are:
independent of which orbit it is in
,
negative
The gyro-magnetic ratio of an electron in an H-atom is equal to the ratio of the magnetic moment and the angular momentum of the electron
$$
\mu_{\mathrm{e}}=\frac{\text { magnetic moment of } \mathrm{e}\left(\mathrm{M}_{\mathrm{c}}\right)}{\text { angular momentum of } \mathrm{e}\left(\mathrm{L}_{\mathrm{e}}\right)}
$$
If $I$ is the magnitude of the angular momentum of the electron about the central nucleus (orbital angular momentum). Vectorially,
$$
\mu_{\mathrm{e}}=\frac{-\mathrm{evr}}{2 \mathrm{~m}_{\mathrm{e}} \mathrm{vr}} \quad\left(\because \mathrm{M}_{\mathrm{e}}=\frac{-\mathrm{evr}}{2}, \mathrm{~L}_{\mathrm{e}}=\mathrm{m}_{\mathrm{e}} \mathrm{vr}\right)
$$


So it is independent of velocity or orbit of e depends only on charge.
The negative sign indicates that the angular momentum of the electron is opposite in direction to the magnetic moment.

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