The ground state energy of hydrogen atom is $-13.6 \mathrm{eV}$. The energy needed to ionize hydrogen atom…

The ground state energy of hydrogen atom is $-13.6 \mathrm{eV}$. The energy needed to ionize hydrogen atom from its second excited state will be
  1. $1.51 \mathrm{eV}$
  2. $3.4 \mathrm{eV}$
  3. $13.6 \mathrm{eV}$
  4. $6.8 \mathrm{eV}$

Solution

We know that total energy of electron in hydrogen atom is given by $E_\eta=\frac{-13.6}{n^2}$ Also, total energy of electron in second excited state $=\frac{-13.6}{(3)^2}=-1.51 \mathrm{eV}$ $\Rightarrow$ lonization energy or energy required to ionize hydrogen atom from its second excited state $=1.51 \mathrm{eV}$

Asked in: NEET 2023 (Manipur)

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