Practicing Success
The ratio of areas within the electron orbits for the first excited state to the ground state for hydrogen atom is |
16 : 1 18 : 1 4 : 1 2 : 1 |
16 : 1 |
$r_n \propto n^4 \Rightarrow A_n \propto n^4 \Rightarrow \frac{A_1}{A_0}=\left(\frac{2}{1}\right)^4=\frac{16}{1}$ |