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A sample of hydrogen-like ions () is excited so that every ion is in the state, and the emitted radiation is incident on a metal of work function . Use and the first Bohr radius . Which of the following is/are correct?
- A. The ions can emit three distinct spectral lines.
- B. The maximum kinetic energy of the photoelectrons is .
- C. The stopping potential for the radiation of the transition is .
- D. The de Broglie wavelength of the electron in the orbit is .
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Answer: A
Each ion in can decay , or , so three lines appear; (A) is true. The energies are , and . The most energetic photon gives , not , so (B) is false. For the photon, , so and (C) is false. The orbit radius is ; the quantisation condition gives , not , so (D) is false. Remember that a hydrogen-like ion gives times the hydrogen energies, so each level is nine times deeper than in hydrogen.
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