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Bohr Orbit Radius

r = 5.29177210903·10^-11 · n^2

What it says

Computes the radius of the nth allowed electron orbit in the hydrogen atom, scaling the Bohr radius (about 5.29e-11 m) by n^2.

Symbols

SymbolQuantityDimension
rOrbit radius (m)L
nPrincipal quantum number (dimensionless)1

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