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In hydrogen atom, if the difference in the energy of the electron in n=2 and n=3 orbits is E., then ionization energy of hydrogen atom is 3.6n E. The value of n is (integer only)

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The energy of the nth state of a hydrogen atom is given by,

E=13.6 eVn2

The difference in energy between n=2 and n=3 is given by,

ΔE=E=E3E2

E=13.6 eV[122132]

E=13.6 eV[536] ...(1)

The ionization energy is defined as the energy required to remove an electron from n=1 to n2=.

|Eion|=|EE1|=|0E1|

Eion=13.6 eV ...(2)

Substituting (2) in (1),

Eion=365E=7.2 E

n=2


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