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Consider an excited-state hydrogen atom. What is the energy of the electron in the n = 5 level?

Consider a hydrogen atom in the ground state. What is the energy of its electron?That would be -2.17 x 10^-18Now consider an excited-state hydrogen atom. What is the energy of the electron in the n = 5 level?

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Alycia Zemlak

Feb 20, 2025

The energy levels for neutral (just one orbital electron) hydrogen are numbered with integers, from 1 on up.Level "i" has energyEᵢ = E₁/i²Since you know E₁ and i, that's all you need!... Show More

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