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Problem42 37

This document discusses the hydrogen spectrum and the effect of replacing hydrogen with deuterium. It first calculates the Bohr radius of hydrogen to be 1.29×10-10 m. It then relates the wavelengths of the hydrogen spectrum to specific angular momentum quantum numbers l. Replacing hydrogen with deuterium increases the reduced mass, causing the wavelengths to increase and the angular momentum quantum numbers to decrease by 1. For example, the l=8 transition for hydrogen corresponds to l=7 for deuterium.

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Problem42 37

This document discusses the hydrogen spectrum and the effect of replacing hydrogen with deuterium. It first calculates the Bohr radius of hydrogen to be 1.29×10-10 m. It then relates the wavelengths of the hydrogen spectrum to specific angular momentum quantum numbers l. Replacing hydrogen with deuterium increases the reduced mass, causing the wavelengths to increase and the angular momentum quantum numbers to decrease by 1. For example, the l=8 transition for hydrogen corresponds to l=7 for deuterium.

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I I (mH  mCl )

42.37: a) Pr. (44.36) yields I  2.71  10 47 kg  m 2 , and so r  


mr mH mCl

(2.71  10 47 kg  m 2 ) (1.67  10 27 kg  5.81  10 26 kg)


r
(1.67  10 27 kg  5.81  10 26 kg )
 r  1.29  10 10 m.

2 2
hc 2πcI
b) From l  l  1 : E   l  l  1   l  1 l   l . But E   l  
2I I λ λ

4.84  10 4 m
. So the l-values that lead to the wavelength of Pr. (44-32) are:
λ

4.84  10 4 m
λ  6.04  10 5 m : l   8.
6.04  10 5 m
Similarly for:
λ  6.90  10 5 m : l  7; λ  8.04  10 5 m : l  6
λ  9.64  10 5 m : l  5; λ  1.204  10 4 m : l  4.
c) The longest wavelength means the least transition energy (l  1  l  0)
(1) (1.054  10 34 J  s) 2
 E   4.10  10 22 J
2.71  10 47 kg  m 2
hc
λ  4.85  10 4 m.
E
d) If the hydrogen atom is replaced by deuterium, then the reduced mass changes

to mr  3.16  1027 kg. Now,

2
l hc
E   
I  λ 
 mr  
 λ  
  
 λ  

 mr  
So f or l  8  l 
l  7  l 
l  6  l 
l  5  l 
l  4  l 

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