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The gravitational attraction between electron and proton in a hydrogen atom is weaker than the coulomb attraction by a factor of about $10^{–40}$. An alternative way of looking at this fact is to estimate the radius of the first Bohr orbit of a hydrogen atom if the electron and proton were bound by gravitational attraction. You will find the answer interesting.
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Radius of the first Bohr orbit is given by the relation,
$\text{r}_1=\frac{4\pi\in_0\Big(\frac{\text{h}}{2\pi}\Big)^2}{\text{m}_\text{e}\text{e}^2}\ \dots(1)$
Where,
$\in_0 =$ Permittivity of free space
$h =$ Planck ' s constant $= 6.63 \times 10^{-34} Js$
$me =$ Mass of an electron $= 9.1 \times 10^{-31}kg$
$e =$ Charge of an electron $= 1.9 \times 10^{-19} C$
$mp =$ Mass of a proton $= 1.67 \times 10^{-27} \ kg$
$r =$  Distance between the electron and the proton
Coulomb attraction between an electron and a proton is given as:
$\text{F}_\text{C}=\frac{\text{e}^2}{4\pi\in_0\text{r}^2}\ \dots(2)$
Gravitational force of attraction between an electron and a proton is given as:
$\text{F}_\text{G}=\frac{\text{Gm}_\text{p}\text{m}_\text{c}}{\text{r}^2}\ \dots(3)$
Where,
$G =$ Gravitational constant $= 6.67 \times 10^{-11} N m^{2 }/ \ kg^2$
If the electrostatic $($Coulomb$)$ force and the gravitational force between an electron and a proton are equal, then we can write:
$\therefore\ \text{FG}=\text{FC}$
$\frac{\text{Gm}_\text{p}\text{m}_\text{c}}{\text{r}^2}=\frac{\text{e}^2}{4\pi\in_0\text{r}^2}$
$\therefore\ \frac{\text{e}^2}{4\pi\in_0}=\text{Gm}_\text{p}\text{m}_\text{c}\ \dots(4)$
Putting the value of equation $(4)$ in equation $(1),$ we get:
$\text{r}_1=\frac{\Big(\frac{\text{h}}{2\pi}\Big)^2}{\text{Gm}_\text{p}\text{m}_\text{e}^2}$
$=\frac{\Big(\frac{6.63\times10^{-34}}{2\times3.14}\Big)^2}{6.67\times10^{-11}\times1.67\times10^{-27}\times(9.1\times10^{-31})^2}\approx1.21\times10^{29}\text{ m}$
It is known that the universe is $156$ billion light years wide or $1.5 \times 10^{27} m$ wide.
Hence, we can conclude that the radius of the first Bohr orbit is much greater than the estimated size of the whole universe.

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