சொத்து வரி இந்த தேதிக்குள் கட்டலையா, அபராதம் , EB பில் இந்த தேதிக்குள் கட்டலையா, அபராதம் , ஹெல்மட் போடலையா அதுக்கு அபராதம் , பார்க்கிங் தப்பாஅதுக்கு கட்டணும் அபராதம் , வங்கிக் கடன் EMI கட்டலையா அதுக்கு அபராதம் , அபராதத்திற்கு அபராதம். அரசாங்கம் தன்நிர்வாகக் குறைபாட்டை மறைக்க , தவறாகச் செலவளித்த அரசின் நிதியை ஈடுகட்ட இந்த அபராதத்தை மக்கள் மீது சுமத்துகிறார்கள் . உண்மைகள் மக்களே தவறாக நடந்துகொள்ளும் அரசாங்கத்தின் மீது அபராதம் விதிக்கும் நடைமுறை இருக்கவேண்டும் . அப்பொழுதுதான் அரசாங்கமும் நேர்மையாக நடந்தும் கொள்ளும் மனப்பக்குவதை பெறும்.பொதுத் தேர்தலில் வெற்றி பெற்றுவிட்டால் அடுத்து 5 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு தன் விருப்பம் போல தவறுகள் செய்யலாம் என்ற நிலைமை யில் மாற்றம் வரவேண்டும். அது மக்களால் முடியாது . ஆனால்சட்டத்தால் முடியும் .
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Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Friday, March 6, 2026
Bohr's Theory of Hydrogen atom-8
The revision on Bohr's theory of hydrogen atom provides an acceptable explanation in classical way for the non-existence of hydrogen negative ion and for the limiting reachability of the attracted electron towards the nucleus.
H- ion (negative hydrogen ion) is not existing- Why ?
The first (1s) orbit can accommodate two electrons , but in the hydrogen atom its first orbit cann't be filled with two electrons . Two electrons can stay in the 1s orbit only when one more proton is present in the nucleus . It is confirmed with the existence of Helium atom.
Fig. Negative Hydrogen ion
If one more electron is allowed in the first orbit of hydrogen , its total energy becomes positive and hence it moves away from the nucleus. and the system transforms into a less potential stable state
The Kinetic energy of one of the electrons = (1/2) mv^2 and for both the electrons which are identical in all respect K.E = mv^2.
Electrostatic force (attraction) due to the nucleus = e^2/Kr^2 where K = 4πεo . Since both the electrons are in the same orbit ,there must be mutual interaction between them, that is why they attain stability by staying exactly diametrically opposite. Electrostatic force (repulsion) due to the presence of second electron is e^2/4Kr^2. The resultant force experienced by the electron is e^2 /Kr^2 - e^2/4Kr^2 = (3/4) e^2/Kr^2 .It is counter-balanced by centrifugal force mv^2/r .K.E of both electrons is (3/4) e^2 /Kr .
The potential energy of the first electron due to the presence of the nucleus only is - e^2 /Kr. When the second electron moves towards the neutral hydrogen atom , its electrostatic potential energy is zero until it reaches the electronic orbit of the first electron. Due to additional electron -electron interaction the potential energy is increased by e^2/2Kr . The total energy associated with the system = (3/4) e^2/Kr - e^2/Kr + e^2 /2Kr = (e^2 /4Kr) . Since there is no binding energy, the system gets transformed into normal hydrogen atom by expelling out the additional electron.
Why electron in general cannot reach beyond the innermost orbit?
When an electron is attracted by a nucleus ,it gets accelerated towards the nucleus until it reaches a point where its velocity is exactly equal to the orbital velocity required to keep the electron stable in the orbit
The loss of potential energy = gain in kinetic energy + relativistic increase of mass
Since the gain in kinetic energy of electron is half of the loss of its potential energy, the energy equivalent of relativistic increase of mass of the electron comes from the remaining half of the loss of potential energy.
(1/2) e^2/Krn = (1/2) mn vn^2 or vn^2 = e2/Kmnrn, where rn = n^2ao (1-vn^2 /c^2)^1/2 and mn = mo (1-vn^2/c^2)^-1/2
or vn^2 =(1/n^2) [e^2/ Kmo ao]
The highest value of vn is v1 with n = 1; v1=[e^2/ Kmo ao]
For stability of the electron in the orbit electrostatic force = centrifugal force
e^2/Krn^2 = mn vn^2/rn
or vn^2 = e^2/ Krn mn = (1/n^2) [e^2/ Kmo ao]
When an accelerated electron moves towards the nucleus, usually it will not make a straight line motion, If so,it cannot be stopped abruptly in an allowed orbit The accelerted electron moves along a curved path and ultimately it attains stable orbital motion with uniform velocity.
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Bohr's theory of Hydrogen atom-7
Redoing Bohr's Theory of Hydrogen atom
When the electron is far away from the proton ,it has no kinetic and potential energies but has its own mass energy moc2 . When it approches the proton due to attractive nuclear force it gets accelerated towards the nucleus and gains kinetic energy and mass due to continuous changes in its velocity . The amount of workdone by the electron is given by
W = ∞ ∫rn F.dr = ∞ ∫rn [e62/Kr^2]dr = - e^2/Krn
As it happens in the conservative force field, the loss of potential energy of the electron is converted into its kinetic energy and relativistic increase of mass e^2/Krn = (1/2)mnvn^2 + dmc^2 or e^2/2Krn = dmc^2. It shows that half of the loss of potential energy is converted into kinetic energy and the remaining half is deposited as added mass to the electron. In the micro-vacuum space surrounding the nucleus the electron sustains its motion without loosing its kinetic energy . On the way of finding stability, the electron undergoes a circular motion, where the nuclear attractive force is counter-balanced with centrifugal force i.e.,e^2/Krn^2 = mnvn^2/rn,
When the electron's speed increases, its relativistic mass increases, because the energy used to accelerate it is added to its total energy, which is then converted into added mass. This effect is negligible at low speeds but becomes significant near the speed of light. Let the mass of the electron be increased from mo to mn due to its relativistic velocity.
dmc^2 = (mn - mo)c^2 = [mo(1+ vn^2/2c^2) - mo]c^2 = (1/2)movn^2 = (1/2)mnvn^2 (mo/mn)
= [e^2/2Krn](1-vn^2/c^2)^1/2 = (1/n^2)[e^2/2Kao]
When the electron with added mass is fixed in an orbit it is bound with the nucleus, the atomic binding energy comes from the mass defect. In electromagnetic field it is contributed by the moving electron. Atomic binding energy of the hydrogen atom is the minimum energy required to completely disassemble into the proton and the electron, the two constituents of the atom. It acts as a kind of "glue" holding the orbital electron and the proton (nucleus) together. This energy arises from the mass defect, where the total mass of constituent particles is higher than the mass of the atom formed by them, with the difference converted into energy (E=mc^2). This energy is radiated out as electromagnetic radiation. Thus the electron is bound to the nucleus by electromagnetic forces, with a binding energy which is negligible compared to the MeV scale of nuclear binding energies. The energy required to bind the orbital electron with the nucleus comes from the interaction between the orbital electron and the nucleus. Atomic binding energy of hydrogen = [mass of proton + mass of orbital electron] -mass of hydrogen atom which is equal to sum of masses of free proton and free electron.
The mass of free proton mp = 1.67262192 x 10^-27 kg The mass of free electron meo = 9.1093837 x 10^-31 kg Total mass of unbound hydrogen atom= mp + meo = 1.67353286 x 10^-27 kg The mass of the orbital electron men = meo/(1- vn^2/c^2)^1/2 ≃ meo + (1/2)meo vn^2/c^2 The excess mass = (1/2)meo vn^2/c^2
When the orbital electron is bound with the nucleus its binding energy comes from its mass
Binding energy = (1/2)meo vn^2 = (1/2)men vn^2 x meo/men = [e^2/2 n^2Krn](1-vn^2 /c^2 )^1/2
=(1/n^2) [e^2/2 Kao]
This is the sum of the potential and kinetic energies of the orbital electron . This energy is radiated out from the atom.
(1/n^2) [e^2/2 Kao] = hv λ∞→n The kinetic energy of the electron = (1/2) mn vn^2, where mn is the mass of the electron moving with velocity vn.
Potential energy of the electron = - e^2 /Krn
mass equivalent energy = mnc^2
Total energy content of the electron at n1, E(n1) = (1/2) mn1 vn1^2 - e^2 /Krn1 + mn1c^2 = - (1/2) e^2 /Krn1 + mn1c^2
Total energy of the electron at n2, E(n2) = (1/2) mn2 vn2^2 - e^2 /Krn2 + mn2c^2 = - (1/2) e^2 /Krn2 + mn2c^2
When the electron jumps from n2 to n1 the transition energy is E(n2) - E(n1)
[- (1/2) e^2/Krn2 + mn2c^2] - [ - (1/2) e^2/Krn1 + mn1c^2] = hν2→1
(1/2) e^2/K [ 1/rn1 - 1/rn2 ] - [mn1 - mn2]c^2 = hν2→1
Considering the innermost orbit in the hydrogen atom and the free electron
(1/2) e^2 /Kr1 - [ m1 - mo] c^2 = hν∞→1
(1/2) e^2 /Kr1 - (1/2) mo v1^2 = (1/2) e^2 /Kr1 - (1/2) m1 v1^2 (mo/m1) = (1/2) e^2 /Kr1 [ 1- 1 + v1^2/2c^2 ]
= (1/2) [e^2 /Kr1] ( v1^2 /2c^2 )
e^2 /Krn - e^2/2Krn = e^2 /2Krn =[mn -mo]c^2 = c^2 [mo - mo (1-vn^2 /c^2 )^1/2] /(1-vn2 /c2 )1/2 = (1/2) movn^2 /(1-vn^2 /c^2 )^1/2 = (1/2) mn vn^2 = (1/2) e^2 /Krn
But dm c^2 = (1/2) mo vn^2 = (1/2) mn vn^2 (mo/mn) =(1/2) [e^2 /Krn](1 - vn^2/c^2 )^1/2 = e^2/2Kao
The decrease in potential energy is converted into kinetic and mass energy of the orbital electron
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இன்னொரு போரைத் தாங்காது
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Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Revisiting Bohr's Theory of Hydrogen Atom
The hydrogen atom with a central proton and an orbiting electron is a two body system. When a free electron enters the active space it gets accelerated towards the proton , thereby its kinetic energy is increased gradually due to accelerated motion towards the nucleus and simultaneously it gains some mass due to relativistic variation of its velocity .The energy required for this comes from the source that accelerates the electron. The work done by the electron reduces its potential energy. In this motion of the electron within the atom, the energy must be conserved at every point of its path. It means that the loss of its potential energy must be equal to gain in its kinetic energy and the energy used for the relativistic increase of mass. That is a fraction of the loss of potential energy is converted into its kinetic energy and remaining is stored as its relativistic increase of mass, so that the energy is conserved all along it path. As the accelerated electron is abruptly stopped at any one of the allowed orbits, it takes up a curved path until it attains stability in a stable orbit. It revolves round the proton in circular orbit, where the electrostatic force of attraction is exactly counter-balanced with its centrifugal force The conservation of energy of the electron at all of its position requires that the loss of its potential energy must be equal to gain in its kinetic energy and the energy used for the relativistic increase of mass.
e^2/Krn = (1/2) mn vn^2 + Δm c^2 where Δm = (mn - mo)
The dependency between the orbital velocity, radius and the quantum number is little changed due to relativistic variation of mass of the orbital electron.
When the electron is attracted by the nucleus it gets accelerated. Since the force is inversely proportional to intermediate distance, the acceleration experienced by the electron is not uniform, but variable. Let mn, rn , vn be the mass, radius and velocity of the electron in its nth orbit, and an is the acceleration experienced by the electron when it jumps towards the nucleus.
F = mn an = e^2/Krn^2 = mn vn^2 /rn or an = vn^2 /rn
It shows that e^2/K = mn an rn^2 = mn vn^2 rn = [mo/(1- vn^2 /c^2)^1/2] vn^2 /rn . By substituting the value of rn = n^2ao(1- vn^2 /c^2)^1/2 we get e^2/K = mo vn^2 n^2 ao = constant or vn n = constant irrespective of the relativistic variation of mass of electron.
The variable acceleration an = vn^2 /rn = [vn^2/(1- vn^2 /c^2)^1/2][1/n^2 ao].It is worth to find out how far the dependency of variables in Bohr's theory of hydrogen atom changes due to relativistic increase of mass of the orbital electron.
(1).Orbital velocity (vn) Vs Orbital radius (rn)
Let us suppose that an electron in the hydrogen atom is in its nth orbit having radius rn. The nuclear attractive force is counter-balanced with the centrifugal force.
e^2/Krn^2 = mnvn^2/rn
or e^2/moK = vn^2 rn/(1- vn^2 /c^2)^1/2 = vn2 n^2 ao = constant
where vn is the velocity of the electron in the orbit and mn is its relativistic mass. The relativistic variation of mass of the orbital electron makes no correction in the dependency of vn on rn.It implies that the added mass of the electron in the orbital motion is converted into atomic binding energy which holds the orbital electron with the nucleus.
(2).Orbital velocity ( vn) Vs Quantum number (n)
According to Bohr's postulate, the angular momentum associated with the orbital electron must be an integral multiple of h/2π
mn vn rn = nh/2π
where n is quantum number characterizing the orbit.
Dividing one by the other, vn = 2π e^2/nKh = e^2 /2nεoh
That is the dependency of vn on n is not altered even with the relativistic variation of mass of the orbital electron.
(3) Orbital radius (rn) Vs Quantum number (n)
By squaring mn^2vn^2 rn^2 = n^2h^2/4π^2
Dividing by mnvn^2 rn , mn rn = n^2h^2/4π^2x(K/e^2)
[mo/(1-vn^2 /c^2)^1/2 ] rn = n^2h^2 εo /πe^2 = n^2 moao
rn = [n^2h^2 εo/moπe^2] (1-vn^2 /c^2)^1/2) = n^2 ao (1-vn^2 /c^2)^1/2
Very same result can be obtained from the discreteness of the electronic orbits in atom.
2πrn = nh/mnvn
squaring both sides and substituting the value for mnvn, 4π^2 rn^2 = n^2h^2/mn^2vn^2 = n^2 h^2 K rn/mne^2
or rn = n^2 ao (1-vn^2 /c^2)^1/2
The relativistic variation of mass of the orbital electron makes the orbit to shrink about its center. Approximately the change in the radius is h^2/8π^2 m0^2 ao c^2 irrespective of n.
Substituting this value of rn in mn vn rn = nh/2π
[mo/(1-vn^2 /c^2)^1/2 ) x vn x n^2 ao (1-vn^2 /c^2)^1/2 = nh/2π
vn = h/n 2π mo ao . Comparing equs (3) and (4) we get the same result for the Bohr's radius. 2π e^2/nKh = e^2/2nεo h = h/n 2π mo ao
or ao = εo h^2 / π mo e^2
By estimating the orbital velocity of the electron in the hydrogen atom and the corresponding change in its relativistic mass, one can show that the energy equivalent to the relativistic change of mass is equal to its binding energy with the nucleus.The velocity of the electron in the nth orbit in hydrogen atom is given by
vn = e^2/2nεo h = (1.602 x 10^-19)^2 / 2n x (8.85 x 10^-12) x (6.626 x 10^-34)
= 0.02188 x 10^8/n =[ 2.188 x 10^6 /n] m/s
vn = h/n 2π mo ao = 7 x 6.626 x 10^-34 / n x 22 x 9.11 x 10^-31 x 5.29 x 10^-11
= [2.187 x 10^6 /n] m/s
vn^2/c^2 = (2.188 x 10^6)^2/n^2 (2.998 x 10^8)^2 = 4.787344 x 10^12 / n^2 x 8.988004 x 10^16
= [0.5326370571/n^2] x 10^-4 = 0.00005326370571/n^2
The mass of the orbital electron in the nth orbit mo /[1- vn^2/c^2]^1/2 ≃ mo[1 + vn^2/2c^2]
The relativistic increase of mass Δm = mo vn^2/2c^2 and its equivalent energy Δm c^2 = [mo vn^2//2]j = [mo vn^2/2e ] eV
= 9.108 x 10^-31x(2.188 x 10^6)^2/ [2 x (1.602 x 10^ -19) n^2
= 9.108 x 2.393672 x 10^-19 / n^2 j = 13.6 /n^2 eV
It is in agreement with the practical value of ionization energy of hydrogen atom from its various energy levels.
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Bohr's Theory of Hydrogen atom -5
Spectral feature in terms of matter wavelength of orbital electron
The electrons in atomic orbits behave like matter waves .It provides an acceptable explanation for the discreetness of the electronic orbits in atoms. When an electron jumps from outer orbit to any one the inner orbits, its radius and potential energy are decreased ,orbital velocity and binding energy are increased and these changes result with a decrease in the matter waves associated with the orbital electron. During this jumping the excess energy is radiated out as electromagnetic radiation of wavelength λwave,. As they are all the after-effects of the above electronic transition, one may believe that they are linked indirectly. Based on this assumption, let us determine the wavelength of em radiation emitted in a transition from orbit with quantum number n2 to orbit with quantum number n1.
. Two electronic orbits with matter waves of orbital electron
The energy of transition (ΔE) from n2 to n1 = E2 - E1, ,where E1,E2 denote the total energy of the orbital electron in the orbit 1 and 2 respectively.
E2- E1 = ΔE = h ν = hc/ λwave or λwave = hc/ΔE2→1
The wavelengths of matter wave associated with the electron in the orbit with quantum number n2 and n1 are h/mv2 and h/mv1 respectively. It gives mv1 = h/λmatter1 and mv2 = h/λmatter2. With this knowledge one can estimate the kinetic and potential energies of the orbital electron in terms of its wavelength of matter wave.
Kinetic energy of the electron in orbit n2 = (1/2) m v2^2 = (1/2m) h^2/λ^2matter2.
Potential energy of the electron in orbit n2 = - e^2 /Kr2 = - m v2^2 = - (1/m) h^2/λ^2matter2.
Total energy of the electron in the orbit n2 = Sum of kinetic and potential energies E2 = - (1/2m) h^2/λ^2matter2
Total energy of the electron in the orbit n1 = E1 = - (1/2m) h2/λ^2matter1
ΔE2→1 = (h^2/2m) [ 1/λ^2matter1 - 1/λ^2matter2 ]
The radius of the electronic orbit with quantum number n in hydrogen atom is shown as rn = n^2 ao , where ao is Bohr's radius, the radius of the innermost orbit of the electron in the hydrogen atom. From this one can derive mv^2 = e^2/ Kn^2ao and λ^2matter = h^2 Kn^2 ao /me^2 = (2πnao)^2 . This can be verified by substituting the values for matter wavelength in ΔE2→1
ΔE2→1 = (h^2/2m) [1/(2πao)^2][1/n2^2 - 1/n1^2] = [h^2 /8π^2m ao^2][1/n2^2 - 1/n1^2] = [e^4 m/8 h^2 εo^2] [1/n2^2 - 1/n1^2]
and λ2→1 = 8 c εo^2 h^3 / (1/nf^2 - 1/ni^2)m e^4
Monday, March 2, 2026
Bohr's Theory of Hydrogen atom -4
Energy of the orbital electron in various orbits of hydrogen atom
When the electron is in the innermost orbit of the hydrogen atom, it is said to be in its ground state with lowest energy, when the electron is in any allowed higher orbits it is said to be in its excited state with more energy.
Total energy of the electron in a privileged orbit denoted by n is En.
En = - e^2/ (8 πεorn)
Substitute the value of rn from En = - [e^2/(8 πεo)] x [mπe^2/n^2 εoh^2] = - [e^4 x m]/8 εo^2h^2] x (1/n^2)
When the electron is in the first stable orbit the system (n=1) is said to be in the ground state. The energy of the system becomes E1 = - [e^4 x m]/8 εo^2h^2]
= - [(1.602 x 10^-19)^4 x 9.108 x 10^-31]/[8 x (8.85 x 10^-12)^2 x(6.626x 10^-34 )^2] = - (1.602)^4 x 9.108 x 10^-15 / 8 x (8.85)^2 x (6.626)^2 = - 2.18 x 10^-18 j =- 2.18 x 10^-18/1.602 x 10^-19 = -13.6 e.V
When the electron is in the higher orbits with n ≥ 2, the system is said to be in the excited state. The system has less binding energy. The energy of the electron in the excited states En = - [e^4 x m] / 8 εo^2h^2] x (1/n^2) where n = 2,3,4..... or En = - 13,6 / n^2 eV
Electronic transition energy
When the electron is in any one of the excited states, automatically without any external influence, it turns into its ground state, where the potential energy is minimum . During this transition, the difference in total energy is emitted out as em waves.
ΔE = E excited /initial - E ground / final
= [ e^4 x m] / 8 εo^2h^2] [(1/nf^2 - 1/ni^2)]
The frequency of the emitted radiation ν = ΔE/h = [m e^4 /8 εo^2 h^3] [(1/nf^2 - 1/ni^2)]
The wavelength of the emitted radiation λ = C/ ν= 8 c εo^2 h^3 / (1/nf^2 - 1/ni^2) m e^4