For an electron moving in the $\mathrm{n}^{\text {th }}$ Bohr orbit the deBroglie wavelength of an electron is

For an electron moving in the $\mathrm{n}^{\text {th }}$ Bohr orbit the deBroglie wavelength of an electron is
  1. $\mathrm{n} \pi \mathrm{r}$
  2. $\frac{\pi \mathrm{r}}{\mathrm{n}}$
  3. $\frac{\mathrm{n} \mathrm{r}}{2\pi}$
  4. $\frac{2\pi \mathrm{r}}{\mathrm{n}}$

Solution

From de Broglie's hypothesis, $\lambda=\frac{\mathrm{h}}{\mathrm{p}_{\mathrm{n}}}=\frac{\mathrm{h}}{\mathrm{mv}}$ and from Bohr's atomic model, $\mathrm{L}=\frac{\mathrm{nh}}{2 \pi}$ Also, $\mathrm{L}=\mathrm{mvr}_{\mathrm{n}}$ Due to quantization of angular momentum, we can write, $\begin{aligned} & \frac{\mathrm{nh}}{2 \pi}=\mathrm{mvr}_{\mathrm{n}} \\ \therefore \quad & \mathrm{v}=\frac{\mathrm{nh}}{2 \pi \mathrm{mr}} \end{aligned}$ putting (ii) into (i), we get, $\therefore \quad \lambda=\frac{\mathrm{h}}{\mathrm{m}(\mathrm{nh} / 2 \pi \mathrm{mr})}=\frac{2 \pi \mathrm{r}}{\mathrm{n}}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2023 (09 May Shift 1)

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