UNIT5

ATOMICPHYSICS
QUESTIONS
Chapter17IntroductiontoAtomicPhysics
Onemarkquestions
1.Namethemethodtodeterminee/m.
2.Definespecificchargeofanelectron.
3.Whylineemissionspectrumisalsoknownasatomicspectrum?
4.StateKirchoffslawofradiation.
5.Whatisanelectromagneticspectrum?
6.WhatisthenaturalsourceofUVradiation.
Twomarkquestions
7.WriteconditionfortheelectrontopassthroughthethreeslitsinDunningtonsexperiment.
Chapter18PhotoelectricEffect
Onemarkquestions
8.WhatistheSIunitofworkfunction?
9.Whatistheprincipleofphotoconductivecell?
Twomarkquestions
10.WritetheEinsteinsphotoelectricequation.
11.Writetherelationbetweenmaximumkineticenergyandstoppingpotential.
12.Writetherelationbetweenworkfunctionandthresholdwavelength.
13. Maximum kinetic energy of photoelectrons emitted by a surface is 16
stoppingpotential.
Chapter19DualNatureofMatter
Onemarkquestions

10

. Calculate the

14.Anelectronandanalphaparticlearemovingwiththesamevelocity.Whichoneisassociatedwith
matterwaveoflongerwavelength?
15.TwoparticlesAandBhavethesamemass.AismovingwithavelocitytwicethatofB.Whichoneof
thetwoparticlesisassociatedwithmatterwaveofshorterwavelength?
16.WhatistheprincipleofG.P.Thomsonsexperiment?
17.Whatistheprincipleofelectronmicroscope?
Chapter20BohrsAtomModel
Onemarkquestions
18.Whatarestationaryorbits?
19.Whatarethefactorsonwhichtheradiusoftheorbitofanyhydrogenlikeatomdepends?
20. If r is the radius of the first orbit of a hydrogen atom, then what is the radius of the first orbit of
heliumatom?
21.WhatisBohrradius?
22.WhatisthevalueofBohrradius?
23.Howdoesthevelocityofanelectronchangewiththechangeinthenumberoftheorbit?
24.Howisthevelocityofanelectronrelatedtotheatomicnumberoftheatom?
25.Whatarethefactorsonwhichthevelocityofanelectrondepends?
26.Ifthevelocityofanelectroninthefirstorbitofhydrogenatomisv,thenwhatisthevelocityofan
electroninthesecondorbitintermsofv?
27.Whatisthesignificanceofnegativesignintheexpressionforenergyofanelectroninanorbit?
28.Howdoestheenergyofanelectronchangewiththechangeintheatomicnumberoftheatom?
29.Howistheenergyofanelectronrelatedtothenumberoftheorbit?
30.Whatiswavenumberofaspectralline?
31.WhatisthevalueofRydbergconstant?
32.Whatisserieslimit?
33.Nameanyoneofthemainfeaturesofvectoratommodel.
Twomarkquestions

34.WriteBohrsquantizationruleandexplaintheterms.
35.WriteBohrsfrequencyconditionandexplaintheterms.
36.Writedowntheexpressionfortheradiusofthenthorbitofhydrogenlikeatom.
37.Writedowntheexpressionfortheradiusofthenthorbitofhydrogenatom.
38. Radius of the second orbit of lithium atom is 0.70
fourthorbitoflithiumatom?

10

. What would be the radius of the

39. Radius of the second orbit of lithium atom is 0.70

secondorbitofheliumatom?

10

. What would be the radius of the

40. Write down the expression for the orbital velocity of an electron in the nth orbit of hydrogen like
atom.
41.Writedowntheexpressionfortheorbitalvelocityofanelectroninthenthorbitofhydrogenatom.
42.UsingBohrspostulatesarriveatanexpressionfortheorbitalvelocityofhydrogenlikeatom.
43.Writedowntheexpressionfortotalenergyofanelectroninanorbitofhydrogenatom.
44.Givetheexpressionforthewavenumberofspectralseriesofhydrogenatom.
45.WritetheexpressionforRydbergconstant.
46.WhatarethetwosuggestionsmadebySommerfeldtoovercometheproblemoffinestructureof
hydrogenspectrum?
Chapter21ScatteringofLight
Onemarkquestions
47.StateRayleighslawofscattering.
48.Howistheintensityofscatteredlightrelatedtothewavelengthoflight?
49.WhatareRamanlines?
50.WhatareRamanlines?
51.WhattypeofscatteringisRamaneffect?
Twomarkquestions
52.Distinguishbetweencoherentandincoherentscatteringoflight.
53.NameanytwoapplicationsofRamaneffect.

54.Distinguishbetweenstokesandantistokeslines.
Chapter22Lasers
Onemarkquestions
54.Whatistheaveragelifetimeofexcitedstateofanatom?