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Important Questions on Structure of Atoms and Nuclei

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A He+ ion is in its first excited state. Its ionization energy is:
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The ratio of wavelengths of the last line of the Balmer series and the last line of the Lyman series is_____.
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If the series limit frequency of the Lyman series is VL, then the series limit frequency of the Pfund series is:
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The total energy of an electron in the nth  stationary orbit of the hydrogen atom can be obtained by
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In the spectrum of hydrogen, the ratio of the longest wavelength in the Lyman series to the longest wavelength in the Balmer series is:
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The shortest wavelength of Paschen series in hydrogen spectrum is 8182 A. The first member of the Paschen series is nearly
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An electron from various excited states of hydrogen atom emit radiation to come to the ground state. Let λn, λg be the de Broglie wavelength of the electron in the nth state and the ground state respectively. Let n be the wavelength of the emitted photon in the transition from the nth state to the ground state. For large n, (A, B are constants)
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A hydrogen atom is in a state with energy -1.51eV. In the Bohr model, the angular momentum of the electron in the atom with respect to an axis at the nucleus, is h2π=1.05×10-34 J s
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Electrons of mass, m with de-Broglie wavelength, λ fall on the target in an X-ray tube. The cutoff wavelength, λ0 of the emitted X-ray is
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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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12 eV energy is given to electron in third orbit of H-atom, then final energy of electron when it ionise from third orbit, is
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The shortest wavelength of X-rays emitted from an X-ray tube depends upon
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The series corresponding to lowest wavelength transition in H - atom.
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The energy required to ionise a hydrogen like ion in its ground state is 9 Rydbergs. What is the wavelength of the radiation emitted when the electron in this ion jumps from the second excited state to the ground state?
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In hydrogen spectrum, Lα line arises due to transition of electron from the orbit n=3 to the orbit n=2. In the spectrum of singly ionized helium, there is a line having the same wavelength as that of the Lα line of hydrogen. This is due to the transition of the electron from the orbit ______ to ________
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The Hitomi satellite recently observed the Lyman alpha emission line (n=2 to n=1) of hydrogen-like iron ion (atomic number of iron is 26) from the Perseus galaxy cluster. The wavelength of the line is closest to
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Hydrogen atom in its ground state is excited by a monochromatic light of energy 13.06eV. The longest wavelength among the spectral lines is (Ionization energy of hydrogen atom is 13.6eV)
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An electron beam is accelerated by a potential difference V to hit a metallic target to produce X-rays. It produces continuous as well as characteristic X-rays. If λmin is the smallest possible wavelength of X-ray in the spectrum, the variation of logλmin with logV is correctly represented in :
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Consider a hydrogen-like ionized atom with atomic number Z with a single electron. In the emission spectrum of this atom, the photon emitted in the n=2 to n= 1 transition has energy 74.8 eV higher than the photon emitted in the n=3 to n=2 transition. Given that the ionization energy of the hydrogen atom is 13.6 eV, what is the value of Z?