Bohr's model of hydrogen atom.

Chemistry Level 2

What is the kinetic energy of an electron in the 4th Bohr orbit of hydrogen atom?

Notation:

  • a 0 a_{0} is the radius of 1st Bohr orbit of hydrogen atom

  • = h 2 π \hbar = \dfrac{h}{2\pi} where h h is the Planck's constant

  • m m is the mass of an electron

2 32 m a 0 2 \dfrac{\hbar^{2}}{32m{a_{0}}^{2}} 2 4 m a 0 2 \dfrac{\hbar^{2}}{4m{a_{0}}^{2}} 2 64 m a 0 2 \dfrac{\hbar^{2}}{64m{a_{0}}^{2}} 2 16 m a 0 2 \dfrac{\hbar^{2}}{16m{a_{0}}^{2}}

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1 solution

Tapas Mazumdar
Sep 8, 2016

We know that

E k = ( m v ) 2 2 m E_{k}=\dfrac{{\left(mv\right)}^{2}}{2m} , where E k E_{k} is Kinetic Energy.

Using m v r = n h 2 π m v r = n mvr=\dfrac{nh}{2\pi} \Longrightarrow mvr=n\hbar , we have,

( 2 m E k ) r = n \left(\sqrt{2mE_{k}}\right)r=n\hbar

E k = n 2 2 2 m r 2 \Longrightarrow E_{k}=\dfrac{n^{2}\hbar^{2}}{2mr^{2}}

Since, the question is asked for 4th Bohr orbit of hydrogen,

r 4 = a 0 × 4 2 1 r 4 = 16 a 0 r n = a 0 × n 2 Z where n=orbit number, Z=atomic number of single electronic species \therefore r_{4}=a_{0}\times\dfrac{4^{2}}{1} \Longrightarrow r_{4}=16a_{0} \quad\quad\quad\quad \small\color{#3D99F6}{\because r_{n}=a_{0}\times\dfrac{n^{2}}{Z}}\small\color{#3D99F6}{\text{where n=orbit number, Z=atomic number of single electronic species}}

So,

E k = ( 4 2 ) 2 2 m ( 16 a 0 2 ) E_{k}=\dfrac{\left(4^{2}\right)\hbar^{2}}{2m\left({16a_{0}}^{2}\right)}

E k = 2 32 m a 0 2 \Longrightarrow E_{k}=\boxed{\dfrac{\hbar^{2}}{32m{a_{0}}^{2}}}

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