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Q.The radius of eighth orbit of electron in H-atom will be more than that of fourth orbit by a factor of ______.

(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 8
(d) 16
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Bohr orbit radius scales as n2n^2.

The radius of the nthn^{th} Bohr orbit is rn=n2r1r_n = n^2 r_1 (radius ∝n2\propto n^2). So

r8r4=(84)2=22=4\frac{r_8}{r_4} = \left(\frac{8}{4}\right)^2 = 2^2 = 4 …

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