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A piece of wood from a recently cut tree shows 20 decays per minute. A wooden piece of the same size placed in a museum (obtained from a tree cut many years back) shows 2 decays per minute. If the half-life of C14 is 5730 years, then the age of the wooden piece placed in the museum is approximately
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Important Questions on Atoms and Nuclei

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For which of the following particles will it be most difficult to experimentally verify the de-Broglie relationship?
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If the binding energy of the electron in a hydrogen atom is 13.6 eV, the energy required to remove the electron from the first excited state of Li++ is :
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Hydrogen (1H1), Deuterium (1H2), singly ionised Helium (2He4)+ and doubly ionised lithium (3Li6)++ all have one electron around the nucleus. Consider an electron transition from n=2 to n=1. If the wave lengths of emitted radiation are λ 1 λ 2 λ 3  and λ 4  respectively then approximately which one of the following is correct ?
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In a hydrogen like atom electron makes transition from an energy level with quantum number n to another with quantum number n - 1 . If n >> 1 , the frequency of radiation emitted is proportional to :
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A particle of mass m moves in a circular orbit in a central potential field Ur=12kr2. If Bohr's quantization conditions are applied, radii of possible orbitals and energy levels vary with quantum number n as:
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Both the nucleus and the atom of some element are in their respective first excited states. They get de-excited by emitting photons of wavelengths λN, λA respectively. The ratio λNλA is closest to:
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A neutron moving with a speed 'v' makes a head on collision with a stationary hydrogen atom in ground state. The minimum kinetic energy of the neutron for which  perfactly inelastic collision will take place is :
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Match ListI (Experiment performed) with ListII (Phenomena discovered/associated)and select the correct option from the options given below the lists

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(a) Davisson and Germer experiment i Wave nature of electrons 
b Millikan's oil drop experiment ii Charge of an electron 
c Rutherford experiment  iii Quantisation of energy levels
d Franck-Hertz experiment (iv) Existence of the nucleus