Atomic physics questions | form six Physics

Differentiate:
(i) Ionization energy from excitation energy.
(ii) Ionization potential from excitation potential.

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State Bohr’s frequency condition.

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Why a very thin gold foil is used in Rutherford’s α-particle scattering experiment?

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It is found experimentally that -2.2×10J is required to separate a hydrogen atom into a
proton and an electron. Compute the orbital radius and the velocity of the electron in a
hydrogen atom.

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What is meant by the following terms as applied in atomic and nuclear Physics?
(i) Binding energy curve
(ii) Nuclear mass
(iii) Nuclear reaction
(iv) Artificial radioactivity

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