CHAPTER PRACTICE PROBLEMS

Subject: Chemistry Topic: Atomic Structure–1

1. The ionization energy of H atom is 13.6 eV. What will be ionization energy of He+
and Li+2 ions?

2. The ionization energy of He+ is 19.6 x 10–18 J atom–1. Calculate the energy of first
stationary state of Li2+.

3. The  of H line of Balmer series is 6500 A . What is the  of H  line of Balmer

series?

4. Calculate the longest wavelength which can remove the electron from I Bohr’s orbit.
Given E1 = 13.6 eV.

5. Calculate the frequency of the spectral line emitted when the electron in n = 3 in H
atom de-excites to ground state. RH = 109737 cm–1.

6. Calculate the wavelength of radiations emitted producing a line in Lyman series,

when an electron falls from fourth stationary state in hydrogen atom. (RH = 1.1 x 107
m–1)

7. According to Bohr’s theory, the electronic energy of H atom in nth Bohr orbit is given
21.76 10−19
by En = − joule. Calculate the longest  of light that will be needed to
n2
remove an electron from III Bohr’s orbit of He+ ion.

8. Calculate the energy emitted when electrons of 1.0 g atom of hydrogen undergo
transition giving the spectral lines of lowest energy in the visible region of its atomic
spectra. RH = 1.1 x 107 m–1, c = 3 x 108 m sec–1 and h = 6.62 x 10–34 J sec.

9. What hydrogen like ion has the wavelength difference between the first lines of
Balmer and Lyman series equal to 59.3 nm? RH = 109678 cm–1.

10. Two what series does the spectral lines of atomic hydrogen belong if its wave number
is equal to the difference between the wave numbers of the following two lines of the
Balmer series: 486.1and 410.2 nm? What is the wavelength of that line?

11. The largest wavelength in the ultraviolet region of the hydrogen spectrum is 122 nm.
Find the smallest wavelength in the infrared region of the hydrogen spectrum (to the
nearest integer).

12. A hydrogen-like atom (atomic number Z) is in a higher excited state of quantum

number n. This excited atom can make a transition to the first excited state by
successively emitting two photons of energies 10.20 eV and 17.00 eV respectively.
Alternatively, the atom from the same excited state can make a transition to the
second excited state by successively emitting two photons of energy 4.25 eV and 5.95
eV respectively. Determine the values of n and Z.
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13. Estimate the difference in energy between 1st and 2nd Bohr’s orbit for a H atom. At
what minimum at. no., a transition from n = 2 to n = 1 energy level would result in
the emission of X-rays with  = 3.0 x 10–8 m? Which hydrogen atom like species
does this atomic no. corresponding to?

14. What transition in the hydrogen spectrum would have the same wavelength as the
Balmer transition n = 4 to n = 2 of He+ spectrum?

15. Calculate the wavelength emitted during the transition of electron in between two
levels of Li+2 ion whose sum is 4 and difference is 2.

16. Consider the following two electronic transition possibilities in a hydrogen atom as
pictured below:
n=3
n=2
n=1
(i) The electron drops from third Bohr’s orbit to second Bohr’s orbit followed
with the next transition from second to first Bohr’s orbit.
(ii) The electron drops from third Bohr’s orbit to first Bohr’s orbit directly.
Show that:
(a) The sum of the energies for the transitions n = 3 to n = 2 and n = 2 to n = 1 is
equal to the energy of transition for n = 3 to n = 1.
(b) Are wavelengths and frequencies of the emitted spectrum are also additive in
the same way as their energies are?

17. Find the quantum no. ‘n’ corresponding to the excited state of He+ ion if on transition
to the ground state that ion emits two photons in succession with wavelengths 108.5
and 30.4 nm.

18. A single electron atom has nuclear charge +Ze where Z is atomic number and e is
electronic charge. It requires 42.7 eV to excite the electron from the second Bohr’s
orbit to third Bohr’s orbit. Find
(a) The atomic number of element.
(b) The energy required for transition of electron from third to fourth orbit.
(c) The wavelength required to remove electron from first Bohr’s orbit to infinity.
(d) The kinetic energy of electron in first Bohr’s orbit.

19. A gas of identical H-like atom has some atoms in the lowest (ground) energy level A
and some atoms in a particular upper (excited) energy level B and there are no atoms
in any other energy level. The atoms of the gas make transition to a higher energy
level by absorbing monochromatic light of photon energy 2.7 eV. Subsequently, the
atoms emit radiation of only six different photons energies. Some of the emitted
photons have energy 2.7 eV. Some have more and some have less than 2.7 eV.
(i) Find the principal quantum number of initially excited level B.
(ii) Find the ionization energy for the gas atoms.
(iii) Find the maximum and the minimum energies of the emitted photons.

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20. Calculate ratio of the I Bohr’s orbit radius for He+ and Li+2 ions.

21. The wavelength of certain line in Balmer series is observed to be 4341 A . To what
value of n2 does this correspond, RH = 109678 cm–1 ?

22. The energy difference between two electronic states of H atom is 214.7 kJ mol–1.
Calculate the frequency of light when an electron drops from higher to lower level.

23. The first ionization energy of H is 21.79 x 10–18 J. Calculate the second ionization
energy of He atom.

24. Calculate the  of radiation when electron jumps from second shell to first shell of H
atom. RH = 109679 cm–1.

25. To which quantum level does the electron jump in H atom from the lowest level if it
is given an energy corresponding to 99% of the ionization potential?

26. Find out the longest wavelength of light just able to eject a least bound electron from
copper. Given work function = 4.3 eV.

27. Calculate the frequency of the light ray emitted, when an electron drops from a higher
level to a lower energy level of an atom, the difference between the energies of which
is 35.64 x 10–13 erg.

28. Light of wavelength 12818 A is emitted when the electron of a hydrogen atom drops
from 5th to 3rd quantum level. Find the wavelength of the photon when falls from 3rd
to ground level.

29. Given ionization potential of H atom is 13.6 eV. Find the frequency and wavelength
of H  line of Balmer series.

30. Calculate  in A of the photon that is emitted out when an electron in the Bohr orbit
n = 2 returns to n = 1 in H atom. The ionization potential of H atom in ground state is
2.17 x 10–11 erg atom–1.

31. Wave no. for I Balmer line of H is 15200 cm–1. Calculate wave no. for I line of
Balmer series for Li2+.

32. The radius of I Bohr’s orbit of the H atom is 0.529 A . Calculate the (a) radius of III
orbit of He+, (b) II orbit of Li+2 ion.

33. Calculate the frequency, energy and wavelength of I line of Balmer series for H.
Also calculate corresponding line for He+ ?

34. The series limit for Balmer series of H spectrum occurs at 3664 A . Calculate:
(a) Ionization energy of H atom.

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 (b) Wavelength of the photon that would remove the electron in the ground state
of the H atom.

35. Calculate the frequency, energy and wavelength of radiation corresponding to

spectral line of lowest frequency in Lyman series in the spectra of H atom. Also
calculate the energy of corresponding line in the spectra of Li+2.
RH = 1.09678 x 107 m–1, c = 3 x 108 m sec–1, h = 6.625 x 10–34 J sec

36. Electrons of energies 10.20 eV and 12.09 eV can cause radiations to be emitted from
hydrogen atom. Calculate in each case the principal quantum no. of the orbit to
which electron belongs and the wavelength of the radiations emitted if it drops back
to ground state.

37. By what factor does the velocity of an electron in H atom changes when it is excited
from the first to the second orbit?

38. What lines of atomic hydrogen spectrum fall within the wavelength range from 94.5
to 130.0 nm?

39. How many times does the electrons go round the first Bohr’s orbit of hydrogen in one
second?

ANSWERS [CPP – Atomic Structure]

1. 54.4 eV, 122.4 eV 2. 44.1 x 10–18 J atom–1
3. 4814.8 A 4. 912.24 A
5. 2.92 x 1015 sec–1 6. 0.9696 x 10–7 meter
7. 2055 A 8. 182.5 kJ
9. Li2+
10. Transaction occurs from 6th level to 4th level.  = 2.63 x 10–4 cm
11. 12. n = 6, Z = 3
13. Difference = 10.2 eV, Z = 2 14. n1 = 1 and n2 = 2
15. 1.14 x 10–6 cm
16. (b) Frequencies are additive but wavelengths are not additive.
17. 5
18. (a) 5 (b) 26.5 x 10–12 erg (c) 3.65 x 10–7 cm (d) 5.45 x 10–10 erg
19. (i) 2 (ii) 14.4 eV (iii) 13.5 eV, 0.7 eV
20. 3/2
21. 5th 22. 5.3 x 1014 Hz
23. 87.16 x 10–19 J 24. 1215.6 A
25. 10 26. 2878 A
27. 5.38 x 1014 sec–1 28. 1025 A
29. 6.16 x 1014 Hz, 487.5 nm 30. 1221 A
31. 136800 cm–1 32. (a) 2.38 A , (b) 0.705 A
33. v = 4.56 x 1014 sec–1, E = 3.02 x 10–12 erg,  for He+ = 1641 A ,  for H = 6564 A

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34. (a) 21.79 x 10–12 erg, (b) 916 A
35. v = 2.467 x 1015 Hz, EH = 16.36 x 10–19,  = 1215.6 A , E Li+3 = 14.7 x 10–18 J
u2 1
36. n = 2 and 3;  = 1216 A and 1020 A 37. =
u1 2
38. 97.3, 102.6, 121.6 nm 39. 6.57 x 1015

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