Which of the following statements about the allowed energy states of an electron in…
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Problem
Which of the following statements about the allowed energy states of an electron in the Bohr model of hydrogen is correct?
(a) The electron’s energy is positive in all allowed orbits and increases continuously with the orbit radius.
(b) Any energy value is allowed for the electron as long as the total energy is negative.
(c) The electron can occupy only certain discrete negative-energy levels that become less negative as the principal quantum number n increases.
(d) The spacing between successive energy levels increases as n increases.