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The ratio of areas of the electron orbits for the first excited state and the ground state for the hydrogen atom is
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Options:
  • A 4 : 1
     
  • B 16 : 1
  • C 8 : 1
  • D 2 : 1
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The correct answer is: 16 : 1
The radius of the orbit of the electron in the nth excited state

    re = n24πε0h24π2mZe2

For the first excited state

   n=2 , Z=1

    r = 4ε0h2πme2

For the ground state of hydrogen atom

    n=1 , Z=1

  r = h2ε0πme2

The ratio of radius

  r r =41

The ratio of area of the electron orbit for hydrogen atom

   A A =4πr'24πr''2

     A A =161

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