Home › Forums › Physics › Consider a hydrogen atom in the ground state. What is the energy of its electron? › Reply To: Consider a hydrogen atom in the ground state. What is the energy of its electron? July 14, 2021 at 9:46 am #8268 ProtonsTalkKeymasterUp2Down::For ground-state: n=1Energy, E = -2.18 x 10^-18 / n^2 J = -2.18 x 10^-18 / 1^2 = -2.18 x 10^-18 JIn energy level n=4Energy, E = -2.18 x 10^-18 / n^2 J = -2.18 x 10^-18 / 4^2 = – 1.36 x 10^-19 J
