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A cobalt ion with a single electron (denoted Co26+) is in an excited state with radius the same as that of the ground state of hydrogen.
(a) What is n for the Co26+ ion?
(b) How much energy in eV is needed to ionize the ion from this
excited state?
eV
a)
Atomic number of Cobalt 
Let there be 
 protons in the nucleus
and a single electron orbiting the nucleus.
Radius of circular orbit is 
.
Using the Bohr model, radius of the n th state is 
Radius of the ground state of hydrogen atom is 
   ( n=1 and Z =1)
Hence 
For the above Cobalt ion, radius = radius of ground state hydrogen atom.
that is 


b)
Energy of an electron in the n th level is 


Energy needed to ionize the ion from this excited state is
