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When an electron in hydrogen atom jumps from the third excited state to the ground state, how would the de Broglie wavelength associated with the electron change? Justify your answer.
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$\lambda = \frac{\text{h}}{\text{P}} = \frac{\text{h}}{\sqrt{2\text{mK}}}$ $\frac{\lambda_{1}}{\lambda_{4}} = \sqrt{\frac{\text{K}_{4}}{\text{K}_{1}}}$ But $\text{K}_{n}( = - \text{E}_{n})\propto\frac{1}{\text{n}^{2}}$ Hence , $\frac{\lambda_{1}}{\lambda_{4}} = \sqrt{\frac{1}{16}}$ $\therefore \frac{\lambda_{1}}{\lambda_{4}} = \frac{1}{4}$ $\lambda_{4} = 4 \lambda_{1}$ i.e. $\lambda_{4} > \lambda_{1}$
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$\lambda_{n} = \frac{\text{h}}{\text{P}_{n}} = \frac{\lambda}{\text{mv}_{n}}$ Velocity of electron in nth state $\upsilon_{n}\propto\frac{1}{n}$ $\lambda_{n}\propto\frac{1}{\upsilon_{n}}\therefore\lambda\propto\text{n}$ $\therefore \frac{\lambda_{4}}{\lambda_{1}} = \frac{\text{n}_{4}}{\text{n}_{1}} = \frac{4}{1}$Need a full question paper?
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