A hydrogen atom has a radius of about 0.05 nm. (a) Estimate the uncertainty in any component
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(a) Estimate the uncertainty in any component of the momentum of an electron confined to a region of this size.
(b) From your answer to (a), estimate the electron's kinetic energy.
(c) Does the estimate have the correct order of magnitude? (The ground-state kinetic energy predicted by the Bohr model is 13.6 eV.)
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ISBN: 978-0077339685
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