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Q. 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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Solution:

$ \begin{array}{l} E _{ n }=-\frac{\text { Ionisation energy }}{ n ^{2}} \\ =\frac{- q R }{ n ^{2}} \end{array} $ now, when it jumps, the released energy will be $ \begin{array}{l} E _{2}- E _{1}=- qR \left(\frac{1}{9}-1\right) \\ =8 R \end{array} $ $ \begin{array}{l} \text { Now, } E =\frac{ hc }{\lambda}=8 R \\ \lambda=\frac{ hc }{8 R } \\ =\frac{6.64 \times 10^{-34} \times 3 \times 10^{8}}{8 \times 2.2 \times 10^{-18}} \\ =11.31 nm \\ \approx 11.4 nm \end{array} $