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24.4.2 1.2 × 1029 m; 6.3 × 1071 m
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24.4.3 (a) 6.56 × 1012 Hz; 6.56 × 109 Hz; 6.56 × 106 Hz (b) 7.67 × 1012 Hz; 6.64 × 109 Hz; 6.55 × 106 Hz
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24.4.6 He+ when ni = 6, 8, 10, …. ; ni = 7 to nf = 4
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24.4.7 (a) 30.4 nm (b) 292 nm (c) 1.055 mm; (a) 8.23 × 1014 Hz (b) 3.66 × 1014 Hz (c) 2.06 × 1014 Hz
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24.4.9 1.094 × 106 m s−1; 5.15 × 1015 rad s−1; 1.22 × 10−15 s
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24.4.10 9.107 × 10−31&²Ô²ú²õ±è;kg; 121.522 nm; 30.379 nm
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24.4.11 E1 = −6.76 eV, E2 = −1.69 eV; 6.76 eV; 244 nm
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24.4.12 1.69 x 10−28 kg; 2.51 keV; 2.98 x 10−13 m; 8.9 x 10−19 s (this corresponds to 2.5 x 1012 orbits which can be completed in one muon lifetime so that the muonic atom can be considered to exist as a genuine bound system)
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24.4.13 E/hf ≈ 5.4 × 10−9. For most purposes the correction for recoil is negligible.
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24.4.14 \( { n^2 \hbar^2 \over m^2 GM} \); n = 2.54 × 1074; 1.18 × 10−63 m
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24.6.1 Maximum at r = 0.67a0 and 5.23a0; Minimum at r = 0 and 2a0 (ii) 6a0

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24.6.3 (i) 0.067 (ii) 0.175 (iii) 0.0135; 0.067 (This is the same as the (spherically symmetric {200} state) so that a determination of the probability distribution of electrons in the n = 2 state will yield the spherically symmetric average probability of the four (degenerate) n = 2 states and cannot be used to distinguish between them)
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24.6.4 (i) 0.323 (ii) 0.439
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24.6.5 (i) \( <U> = -{ me^4 \over 16 \pi^2 {\epsilon_0}^2 \hbar^2} \) (ii) \( <K> = { me^4 \over 32 \pi^2 {\epsilon_0}^2 \hbar^2} \) (c) (i) + (ii) = \( -{ me^4 \over 32 \pi^2 {\epsilon_0}^2 \hbar^2} \)
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24.6.6 rmax = a0; <r> = \( { 3 \over 2} \)a0 is greater than rmax because P10(r) is not symmetric about its maximum
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24.6.7 \( { 1 \over a_0} \) ; \( { 1 \over 4 a_0} \)
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24.7.1 4f, 5p, 4p, 3p and 2p;
4f to 3d; 5p to 5s, 4s, 3s, 2s or 1s; 4p to 4s, 3s, 2s or 1s; 3p to 3s, 2s or 1s; 2p to 2s or 1s
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24.7.2 An l = 1 (p) electron can only make transitions to l = 0 (s) or l = 2 (d) states
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24.8.1 −3, −2, −1, 0, +1, +2, +3; 150°, 125.3°, 106.8°, 90°, 73.2°, 54.7° and 30°
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24.9.2 (a) 2.27 × 10−23 A m2 (b) 0.076 T
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24.10.1 (a) 1.74 × 1012 m s&²Ô²ú²õ±è;−1 (almost four orders of magnitude greater than the velocity of light)
(b) 5.8 x 10−13 m (a value which is considerably greater than the maximum radius of the electron)
The classical model of electron spin does not stand up to close scrutiny; electron spin is not a classical concept
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24.10.2 (a) 1.11 × 10−21 N (b) 1.33 × 10−6 m
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24.11.2 2.3 × 10−5 eV (measured/fully quantum mechanical value is 4.6 × 10−5 eV).
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24.13.1 group 0; group Ia or Ib; group III
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24.13.3 −108.8 eV; −68 eV; 30.5 nm (measured value is 58.4 nm)
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24.13.5 (i) 9.19 keV (observed value 8.33 keV); 0.135 nm (ii) 110 keV (observed value 116 keV); 0.0113 nm
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