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Bohr Model of the Hydrogen atom.

Question

A photon of energy 10.2 eV corresponds to light of wavelength λ0.  Due to an electron transition from n = 2 to n = 1 in a Hydrogen atom, light of wavelength  λ is emitted. If we take into account the recoil of the atom when the photon is emitted, then

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Solution

Energy of photon + K.E. of atom =  13.6  1122eV  =10.2eV
    hcλ  =  hcλ0  KE of atom     λ  >  λ0



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