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CBSE Class 12 Physics 2017 Outside Delhi Set 1 Paper

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Question : 9 of 26
Marks: +1, -0
A 12.5 eV12.5\ \text{eV} electron beam is used to excite a gaseous hydrogen atom at room temperature. Determine the wavelengths and the corresponding series of the lines emitted.
Solution:  
(i) Writing En1n2E_n \propto \frac{1}{n^2}
(ii) Identifying the level to which the electron is emitted.
(iii) Calculating the wavelengths and identifying the series of atleast one of the three possible lines, that can be emitted.
(i) We have En1n2E_n \propto \frac{1}{n^2}
(ii) \therefore The energy levels are
13.6 eV,3.4 eV,1.5 eV-13.6\ \text{eV},-3.4\ \text{eV},-1.5\ \text{eV}
\therefore The 12.5 eV12.5\ \text{eV} electron beam can excite the electron up to n=3n=3 level only.
(iii) Energy values, of the emitted photons, of the three possible lines are
  31:(1.5+13.6) eV=12.1 eV\;3 \rightarrow 1:(-1.5+13.6)\ \text{eV}=12.1\ \text{eV}
  21:(3.4+13.6) eV=10.2 eV\;2 \rightarrow 1:(-3.4+13.6)\ \text{eV}=10.2\ \text{eV}
  32:(1.5+3.4) eV=1.9 eV\;3 \rightarrow 2:(-1.5+3.4)\ \text{eV}=1.9\ \text{eV}
The corresponding wavelengths are : 102 nm,122 nm\text{nm}, 122\ \text{nm} and 653 nm653\ \text{nm}
(λ=hcE)\left(\lambda=\frac{h c}{E}\right)
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