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Past exam of the chemistry course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2025 2 a i Solution by
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For a hydrogen-like ion, the Coulomb potential is stronger by the nuclear atomic number , and the energy levels scale as :Here is the number of protons in the atomic nucleus; the ion has exactly one electron, so its net electric charge is . The zero of energy is a separated stationary electron and atomic nucleus at infinite distance. This is the nonrelativistic hydrogenic approximation using the supplied ; a more precise isotope-specific result also corrects the reduced mass.
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