Q. If an electron is revolving around the hydrogen nucleus at a distance of 0.1 nm, what would be its speed?

A) $2.188 \times 106\ ms^{- 1}$
B) $1.094\ \ \times \ 106\ ms^{- 1}$
C) $4.376\ \times \ 106\ ms^{- 1}$
D) $1.59 \times \ 106\ ms - 1$
Explanation

(d) Electrostatic force = centripetal force
$\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{1}{4\pi\varepsilon_{0}}\frac{{Ze}^{2}}{r^{2}} = \frac{{mv}^{2}}{r}$
$\therefore\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ v = \sqrt{\left( \frac{1}{4\pi\varepsilon_{0}}\frac{{Ze}^{2}}{mr} \right)}$
=$\sqrt{\frac{9\ \times \ 10^{9} \times \ {(1.6\ \times 10^{- 19})}^{2}}{\left( 9.1\ \times \ 10^{- 31} \right)\ \times \ (0.1\ \times 10^{- 9})}}$
$\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ = \ 1.59\ \times \ 10^{6}ms^{- 1}$

Dr. Abubacker
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Ph.D. in Physics with 19+ years of teaching experience.

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