Chapter 2, Problem 36Q

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation: The physical significance of the hydrogen state for $n=\infty$ and $E=\text{0}$ is to be stated.

Concept introduction: The Danish physicist Niels Bohr proposed the Bohr Model of hydrogen atom in $\text{1913}$. The main features of this model were:

• Electrons surround the central nucleus of atom.
• Electrons revolve around small positively charged nucleus of atom in circular paths called orbits.
• Each orbit is called energy levels because they have fixed energy.
• Electrons do not lose energy as long as they remain in a particular orbit.

To determine: The physical significance of the state for $n=\infty$ and $E=\text{0}$ in hydrogen.