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The degeneracy of hydrogen atom that has energy equal to - R H 9    (where RH is Rydberg constant) is

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Important Questions on Atomic Structure

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At temperature T, the average kinetic energy of any particle is 32kT. The de Broglie wavelength follows the order:
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Identify the incorrect statement from the following.
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Which of the following combination of statements is true regarding the interpretation of the atomic orbitals?

(A) An electron in an orbital of high angular momentum stays away from the nucleus than an electron in the orbital of lower angular momentum.

(B) For a given value of the principal quantum number, the size of the orbit is inversely proportional to the azimuthal quantum number.

(C) According to wave mechanics, the ground state angular momentum is equal to h2π .

(D) The plot of ψ Vs r for various azimuthal quantum numbers, shows peak shifting towards higher r value.
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The wave function, ψn, l, ml is a mathematical function whose value depends upon spherical polar coordinates r, θ, ϕ of the electron and characterized by the quantum numbers n, l and ml . Here r is distance from nucleus, θ is colatitude and ϕ is azimuth. In the mathematical functions given in the Table, Z is atomic number and ao is Bohr radius.
 
Column – 1 Column – 2 Column – 3
(I) 1s orbital (i) ψn, l, ml Zao32 e-Zreo

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(II) 2s orbital (ii) One radial node (Q) Probability density at nucleus 1ao3
(III) 2pz orbital (iii) ψn, l, ml Zao52re-Zr2aocosθ (R) Probability density is maximum at nucleus
(IV) 3dz2 orbital (iv) xy -plane is a nodal plane (S) Energy needed to excite an electron from n=2 state to n=4 state is 2732 times the energy needed to excite electron from n=2 state to n=6 state.
For hydrogen atom, what is the only CORRECT combination?
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The number of orbitals associated with quantum numbers n=5,ms=+12 is:
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A stream of electrons from a heat filament was passed between two charge plates kept at a potential difference V esu. If e and  m are charge and mass of an electron, respectively, then the value of hλ (where λ is wavelength associated with the electron wave) is given by:
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The number of given orbitals which have electron density along the axis is

px,py,pz,dxy,dyz,dxz,dz2,dx2-y2

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The electrons are more likely to be found:
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The number of the radial nodes for 4s and 3p orbitals are respectively
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The wave function, ψn, l, ml is a mathematical function whose value depends upon spherical polar coordinates r, θ, ϕ of the electron and characterized by the quantum numbers n, l and ml . Here r is the distance from the nucleus, θ is colatitude and ϕ is azimuth. In the mathematical functions given in the Table, Z is the atomic number and ao is Bohr radius
 
Column  1 Column  2 Column 3
(I) 1s orbital (i) ψn, l, ml Zao32 e-Zreo

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(II) 2s orbital (ii) One radial node (Q) Probability density at the nucleus 1ao3.
(III) 2pz orbital (iii) ψn, l, ml Zao52re-Zr2aocosθ (R) Probability density is maximum at the nucleus.
(IV) 3dz2 orbital (iv) xy -plane is a nodal plane (S) Energy needed to excite an electron from n=2 state to n=4 state is 2732 times the energy needed to excite are electron from n=2 state to n=6 state.
For He+ ion, the only incorrect combination
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The angular momentum of electron in d-orbital is equal to
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The wave function, ψn, l, ml is a mathematical function whose value depends upon spherical polar coordinates r, θ, ϕ of the electron and characterized by the quantum numbers n, l and ml . Here r is the distance from the nucleus, θ is colatitude and ϕ is azimuth. In the mathematical functions given in the Table, Z is the atomic number and ao is Bohr radius
 
Column  1 Column  2 Column 3
(I) 1s orbital (i) ψn, l, ml Zao32 e-Zreo

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(II) 2s orbital (ii) One radial node (Q) Probability density at the nucleus 1ao3.
(III) 2pz orbital (iii) ψn, l, ml Zao52re-Zr2aocosθ (R) Probability density is maximum at the nucleus.
(IV) 3dz2 orbital (iv) xy -plane is a nodal plane (S) Energy needed to excite an electron from n=2 state to n=4 state is 2732 times the energy needed to excite are electron from n=2 state to n=6 state.
For the given orbital in column 1, the only correct combination for any hydrogen-like species is
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The correct set of four quantum numbers for the valence electrons of rubidium atom Z=37 is
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The quantum number of four electrons are given below:
I.  n=4, l=2, ml=2, ms=1/2
II.  n=3, l=2, ml=1, ms=+1/2
III. n=4, l=1, ml=0, ms=+1/2
IV. n=3, l=1, ml=1, ms=1/2
The correct order of their increasing energies will be:
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Which one of the following about an electron occupying the 1s orbital in a hydrogen atom is incorrect? (The Bohr radius is represented by a0 ).
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Among the following, the energy of 2s orbital is lowest in:
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Consider the following pairs of electrons:

(A) (a) n=3, l=1, ml=1,ms=+12
(b) n=3, l=2,ml=1,ms=+12
(B) (a) n=3, l=2,ml=-2,ms=-12
(b) n=3, l=2,ml=-1,ms=-12
(C) (a) n=4, l=2,ml=2,ms=+12
(b) n=3,l=2,ml=2,ms=+12

The pairs of electrons present in degenerate orbitals is/are:

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Which of the following pairs of d-orbitals will have the electron density along the axis?
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Two electrons occupying the same orbital are distinguished by: