CHAPTER 2

1. Determine the quantum number of a Bohr orbit which has a radius of 0.847nm in
Hydrogen atom. Calculate the energy of Hydrogen atom in this state

2. Hydrogen atoms are excited by an electron beam. Calculate the potential energy
to accelerate the electrons so that they can excite the first spectral line in the Balmer
series of H atom
3. The longest wavelength of Lyman series is 121.5nm and the shortest wavelength
of Balmer series is 364.6nm. Determine the longest wavelength of a light beam that
can ionize Hydrogen atoms

4. A positronium atom consists of a positron and an electron which are in a relative

motion. Compare the wavelengths of radiation which can be emitted from a positron
atom and a hydrogen atom
5. Show that the Paschen series doesn’t overlap the Balmer series in Hydrogen
spectra and determine the first series that has an overlapped spectrum

7. A hydrogen atom radiate the wavelength of  in a transition to the ground state.

a) Determine the formula of quantum number n of the initial excited state as a
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function of  and Rydberg constant R

b) Calculate n for the wavelength of 102.55nm
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 6. The deuteron has approximately twice the mass of
the proton. Calculate the difference in the wavelength of the Balmer-α line in
hydrogen and deuterium. The Rydberg constant of H is R = 109737cm when the
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nuclei is considered unmoving and its mass is extremely greater than electron mass
8. When an excited atom emits a photon, the backward angular momentum of atom
is in balance with angular momentum of photon. In the result, a part of the excited
atom energy is transformed to its backward motion energy
a) Rewrite the formula E – E = h to express this effect
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b) Calculate the ratio between the backward motion energy and photon energy in the
transition for Balmer-α line of Hydrogen atom (from n=3 to n=2)
 CHAPTER 3
1) Determine all possible directions of spin vector s with a quantum axis (B)
2) Determine quantum numbers l, s, j and possible angles between the orbit
angular momentum vector l and the spin angular momentum vector s of -p
electron in single valance electron atom.
3) A single valance electron atom is in D5/2 state. Determine all possible
directions of the total angular momentum vector J with a quantum axis (B)