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Assertion: Neutrons penetrate matter more readily as compared to protons.

Reason: Neutrons are slightly more massive than protons.

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Important Questions on Atomic Physics

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Assertion : Bohr had to postulate that the electrons in stationary orbits around the nucleus do not radiate.

Reason : According to classical physics all moving electrons radiate.

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Assertion: The hydrogen atom consists of only one electron, but its emission spectrum has many lines.

Reason: Only the Lyman series is found in the absorption spectrum of hydrogen atoms whereas in the emission spectrum all the series are found.

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When an α-particle of mass m moving with velocity v bombards on a heavy nucleus of charge 'Ze', its distance of closest approach from the nucleus depends on m as:
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The ionisation energy of the hydrogen atom in its ground state is 13.6 eV. The atoms are excited to higher energy levels to emit radiations of 6 wavelengths. Maximum wavelength of emitted radiation corresponds to the transition between
 
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The energy of a hydrogen atom in the ground state is -13.6eV. The energy of a He+ ion in the first excited state will be

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Out of the following which one is not a possible energy for a photon to be emitted by hydrogen atom according to Bohr's atomic model?
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The wavelength of the first line of Lyman series for hydrogen atom is equal to that of the second line of Balmer series for a hydrogen like ion. The atomic number Z of hydrogen like ion is
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Electron in hydrogen atom first jumps from third excited state to second excited state and then from second excited to the first excited state. The ratio of the wavelengths λ1:λ2 emitted in the two cases is: