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23: a) Following the derivation for the hydrogen atom we see that for Be 3 all we
need do is replace e 2 by 4e 2 . Then
1 m(4e 2 ) 2   13.60 eV 
En (Be3 )   2 2 2
 16 En (H)  En (Be3 )  16  .
ε0 8n h  n2 
3
So for the ground state, E1 (Be )  218 eV.
b) The ionization energy is the energy difference between the n   and n  1 levels.
So it is just 218 eV for Be 3 , which is 16 times that of hydrogen.
1 m ( 4e 2 ) 2  1 1  1 1 
c)    2  2   (1.74  108 m 1 )  2  2  .
λ 8 0 h c  n1 n2 
2 3
 n1 n2 
1  1
So for n  2 to n  1,  (1.74  10 8 m 1 ) 1    1.31  108 m
λ  4
9
 λ  7.63  10 m. This is 16 times shorter than that from the hydrogen atom.
3 ε0 n 2 h 2 1
d)  rn  (Be )   rn (H).
m ( 4 e ) 4
2