The total energy of an electron orbiting around the nucleus in the
ground state of the atom is ......
(a) zero
(b) less than zero
(c) more than zero
(d) sometimes less and sometimes more than zero
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Answer:
The negative sign shows that the electron is attracted towards the nucleus by electrostatic force and to remove the electron energy must be supplied. The energy needed to remove the electron in the first orbit is +13.6 eV and this is called ionising energy of hydrogen.
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Answer:
b. less than 0
Explanation:
Remember energy in n-th Bohr orbit is -R/n where n is an integer
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