Based on equation E=-2.178×10⁻¹⁸J((Z²)/(n²)), certain conclusions are written. Which of them is not correct? (

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E=-2.178\times10^{-18}\ \text{J}\left(\dfrac{Z^2}{n^2}\right)

(a) Equation can be used to calculate the change in energy when the electron changes orbit

(b) For n = 1, the electron has a more negative energy than it does for n = 6 which means that the electron is more loosely bound in the smallest allowed orbit

(c) The negative sign in equation simply means that the energy of electron bound to the nucleus is lower than it would be if the electrons were at the infinite distance from the nucleus

(d) Larger the value of n, the larger is the orbit radius

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Step 1. Check each statement against $E=-2.178\times10^{-18}\ \text{J}(Z^2/n^2)$ .

Step 2. (a) is correct: the equation gives the energy of any allowed orbit, so it can be used to compute $\Delta E$ for any electron transition.

Step 3. (b) claims that the more negative energy at $n=1$ (compared to $n=6$ ) means the electron is "more loosely bound" - but a MORE negative energy means the electron sits in a DEEPER energy well, i.e. it is MORE tightly bound, not more loosely bound. This statement has the physics backwards, so it is the incorrect one. …

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Statements (I) and (II) are factually incorrect; only statement (III) is correct.

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