What is the kinetic energy of an electron in the 4th Bohr orbit of hydrogen atom?
Notation:
a 0 is the radius of 1st Bohr orbit of hydrogen atom
ℏ = 2 π h where h is the Planck's constant
m is the mass of an electron
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We know that
E k = 2 m ( m v ) 2 , where E k is Kinetic Energy.
Using m v r = 2 π n h ⟹ m v r = n ℏ , we have,
( 2 m E k ) r = n ℏ
⟹ E k = 2 m r 2 n 2 ℏ 2
Since, the question is asked for 4th Bohr orbit of hydrogen,
∴ r 4 = a 0 × 1 4 2 ⟹ r 4 = 1 6 a 0 ∵ r n = a 0 × Z n 2 where n=orbit number, Z=atomic number of single electronic species
So,
E k = 2 m ( 1 6 a 0 2 ) ( 4 2 ) ℏ 2
⟹ E k = 3 2 m a 0 2 ℏ 2