Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 40 - All About Atoms - Problems - Page 1251: 76a

Answer

$ l=2.49\times10^{74}$

Work Step by Step

The magnitude of the orbital angular momentum$(\vec L)$ of an electron trapped in an atom is given by $L=\sqrt {l(l+1)}\hbar,\;\;\;\text{for}\;l=0,1,2,...,(n-1)$ The average angular momentum of the earth is $L=mvr$, where we have treated the Earth as a point mass. The mean distance from Earth to Sun is $r=1.496×10^{11}\;m$. Mass of the Earth is $m=5.974×10^{24}\;kg$ Earth takes $t=365\;days$ to complete one revolution around the Sun. Speed of the earth$(v)=\frac{2\times\pi\times r}{t}$ $v=\frac{2\times\pi\times 1.496×10^{11}}{365\times 24\times 3600}\;m/s=2.98\times10^{4}\;m/s$ Therefore, Earth's angular momentum is $L=5.974\times10^{24}\times 2.98\times10^{4}\times \times1.496×10^{11}=2.663\times10^{40}\;kg.m^2s^{-1}$ For large value of $L$, we can write $\sqrt {l(l+1)}\hbar\approx l\hbar$ Therefore for earth: $l\hbar=2.663\times10^{40}$ or, $ l=2.49\times10^{74}$
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