A hydrogen atom moves with a velocity u and makes a head on inelastic collision with another stationary hydrogen atom. Both are in the ground state before collision. What is the minimum value of u (in x104 m/s ), if one of them is to be given a minimum excitation energy? The ionization energy is 13.6 eV. Mass of the hydrogen atom is 1.0078 x 1.66 x 10-27 kg.
From conservation of momentum mu=2mv
The minimum excitation energy for a H-atom is for transition n1 = 1 to n2 = 2 which corresponds to an energy of 10.2 eV
From Eq. (2)
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