## En=-hR/n^2

H-Atom ($E_{n}=-\frac{hR}{n^{2}}$)

Ami_Pant_4G
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### En=-hR/n^2

For clarification, is this equation only used in terms of hydrogen atoms? If so, is there a more general equation that applies to other atoms?

MeeraBhagat
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### Re: En=-hR/n^2

Ami_Pant_3H wrote:For clarification, is this equation only used in terms of hydrogen atoms? If so, is there a more general equation that applies to other atoms?

only applies to hydrogen atoms

Michelle Shin 4B
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### Re: En=-hR/n^2

Yes I believe this is used to calculate the energy levels in hydrogen and will only work for atoms with a single electron.

Amina Durrani 3G
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### Re: En=-hR/n^2

Yes, because Hydrogen only has one electron, but if there are multiple electrons then the electrons repel each other and you can’t calculate the ground-state energy of that atom if the electrons are already repelling each other.