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JEE Advanced 2025 — Paper 1 — Question 11

Consider an electron in the n=3n=3 orbit of a hydrogen-like atom with atomic number ZZ. At absolute temperature TT, a neutron having thermal energy kBTk_{\mathrm{B}} T has the same de Broglie wavelength as that of this electron. If this temperature is given by T=Z2h2απ2a02mNkBT=\frac{Z^{2} h^{2}}{\alpha \pi^{2} a_{0}^{2} m_{N} k_{B}}, (where hh is the Planck's constant, kBk_{B} is the Boltzmann constant, mNm_{\mathrm{N}} is the mass of the neutron and a0a_{0} is the first Bohr radius of hydrogen atom) then the value of α\alpha is \qquad

Answer: 72

Numerical answer — enter this value.

Step-by-step solution

mv2r=KZe2r2\frac{\mathrm{mv}^{2}}{\mathrm{r}}=\frac{\mathrm{KZe}^{2}}{\mathrm{r}^{2}}

mv2r=14πϵ0Ze2m v^{2} r=\frac{1}{4 \pi \epsilon_{0}} Z e^{2}

mvr=nh2π\mathrm{mvr}=\frac{\mathrm{nh}}{2 \pi}

(1)/(2) gives v=Ze24πϵ0nh2π=Ze22ϵ0nh\mathrm{v}=\frac{\frac{\mathrm{Ze}^{2}}{4 \pi \epsilon_{0}}}{\frac{\mathrm{nh}}{2 \pi}}=\frac{\mathrm{Ze}^{2}}{2 \epsilon_{0} \mathrm{nh}}

hmv=h2mN⋅KBT\frac{h}{m v}=\frac{h}{\sqrt{2 m_{N} \cdot K_{B} T}}

T=m2Z2e48ϵ02n2 h2 mNKB\mathrm{T}=\frac{\mathrm{m}^{2} \mathrm{Z}^{2} \mathrm{e}^{4}}{8 \epsilon_{0}^{2} \mathrm{n}^{2} \mathrm{~h}^{2} \mathrm{~m}_{\mathrm{N}} \mathrm{K}_{\mathrm{B}}} n=3⇒ T=m2Z2e472ϵ02 h2 mNKB\mathrm{n}=3 \Rightarrow \mathrm{~T}=\frac{\mathrm{m}^{2} \mathrm{Z}^{2} \mathrm{e}^{4}}{72 \epsilon_{0}^{2} \mathrm{~h}^{2} \mathrm{~m}_{\mathrm{N}} \mathrm{K}_{\mathrm{B}}}

(1)(2)2⇒1mr=Ze24πϵ0n2 h24π2\frac{(1)}{(2)^{2}} \Rightarrow \frac{1}{\mathrm{mr}}=\frac{\frac{\mathrm{Ze}^{2}}{4 \pi \epsilon_{0}}}{\frac{\mathrm{n}^{2} \mathrm{~h}^{2}}{4 \pi^{2}}}

r=n2h2ϵ0πZe2⋅m⇒a0=h2ϵ0πe2mr=\frac{n^{2} h^{2} \epsilon_{0}}{\pi Z e^{2} \cdot m} \Rightarrow a_{0}=\frac{h^{2} \epsilon_{0}}{\pi e^{2} m}

a02=h4ϵ02π2e4 m2\mathrm{a}_{0}^{2}=\frac{\mathrm{h}^{4} \epsilon_{0}^{2}}{\pi^{2} \mathrm{e}^{4} \mathrm{~m}^{2}}

Ta02=m2Z2e472ϵ0 h2 mNkB⋅h4ϵ02π2e4 m2\mathrm{Ta}_{0}^{2}=\frac{\mathrm{m}^{2} \mathrm{Z}^{2} \mathrm{e}^{4}}{72 \epsilon_{0} \mathrm{~h}^{2} \mathrm{~m}_{\mathrm{N}} \mathrm{k}_{\mathrm{B}}} \cdot \frac{\mathrm{h}^{4} \epsilon_{0}^{2}}{\pi^{2} \mathrm{e}^{4} \mathrm{~m}^{2}}

T=h2Z272π2a02 mNkB⇒α=72\mathrm{T}=\frac{\mathrm{h}^{2} \mathrm{Z}^{2}}{72 \pi^{2} \mathrm{a}_{0}{ }^{2} \mathrm{~m}_{\mathrm{N}} \mathrm{k}_{\mathrm{B}}} \Rightarrow \alpha=72

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Exam
JEE Advanced 2025
Paper
Paper 1
Subject
Physics
Chapter
Atomic Physics
Topic
Rutherford's and Bohr's Model of Atom