Question

A diatomic molecule is made of two masses $${m_1}$$ and $${m_2}$$ which are separated by a distance $$r.$$ If we calculate its rotational energy by applying Bohr's rule of angular momentum quantization, its energy will be given by : ($$n$$ is an integer)

A. $$\frac{{{{\left( {{m_1} + {m_2}} \right)}^2}{n^2}{h^2}}}{{2m_1^2m_2^2{r^2}}}$$
B. $$\frac{{{n^2}{h^2}}}{{2\left( {{m_1} + {m_2}} \right){r^2}}}$$
C. $$\frac{{2{n^2}{h^2}}}{{\left( {{m_1} + {m_2}} \right){r^2}}}$$
D. $$\frac{{\left( {{m_1} + {m_2}} \right){n^2}{h^2}}}{{2{m_1}{m_2}{r^2}}}$$  
Answer :   $$\frac{{\left( {{m_1} + {m_2}} \right){n^2}{h^2}}}{{2{m_1}{m_2}{r^2}}}$$
Solution :
The energy of the system of two atoms of diatomic molecule $$E = \frac{1}{2}I{\omega ^2}$$   where $$I = $$  moment of inertia
$$\omega = {\text{Angular velocity}} = \frac{L}{I},$$
$$L = $$  Angular momentum
$$I = \frac{1}{2}\left( {{m_1}r_1^2 + {m_2}r_2^2} \right)$$
$$\eqalign{ & {\text{Thus,}}\,E = \frac{1}{2}\left( {{m_1}r_1^2 + {m_2}r_2^2} \right){\omega ^2}\,......\left( {\text{i}} \right) \cr & E = \frac{1}{2}\left( {{m_1}r_1^2 + {m_2}r_2^2} \right)\frac{{{L^2}}}{{{I^2}}} \cr & L = n\hbar \,\,\left( {{\text{According Bohr's Hypothesis}}} \right) \cr & E = \frac{1}{2}\left( {{m_1}r_1^2 + {m_2}r_2^2} \right)\frac{{{L^2}}}{{{{\left( {{m_1}r_1^2 + {m_2}r_2^2} \right)}^2}}} \cr & E = \frac{1}{2}\frac{{{L^2}}}{{\left( {{m_1}r_1^2 + {m_2}r_2^2} \right)}} = \frac{{{n^2}{h^2}}}{{8{\pi ^2}\left( {{m_1}r_1^2 + {m_2}r_2^2} \right)}} \cr & E = \frac{{\left( {{m_1} + {m_2}} \right){n^2}{h^2}}}{{8{\pi ^2}{r^2}{m_1}{m_2}}} \cr} $$

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Releted Question 1

If elements with principal quantum number $$n > 4$$  were not allowed in nature, the number of possible elements would be

A. 60
B. 32
C. 4
D. 64
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Consider the spectral line resulting from the transition $$n = 2 \to n = 1$$    in the atoms and ions given below. The shortest wavelength is produced by

A. Hydrogen atom
B. Deuterium atom
C. Singly ionized Helium
D. Doubly ionised Lithium
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An energy of $$24.6\,eV$$  is required to remove one of the electrons from a neutral helium atom. The energy in $$\left( {eV} \right)$$  required to remove both the electrons from a neutral helium atom is

A. 38.2
B. 49.2
C. 51.8
D. 79.0
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As per Bohr model, the minimum energy (in $$eV$$ ) required to remove an electron from the ground state of doubly ionized $$Li$$ atom $$\left( {Z = 3} \right)$$  is

A. 1.51
B. 13.6
C. 40.8
D. 122.4

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