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When is hydrogen stable?
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Answer
- When the electron is at its ground state.
The hydrogen atom is stable when the electron rests at the ground level of energy, i.e. when the principal quantum number, n = 1. '
In other words, when the electron is revolving in the first orbit around the nucleus, the hydrogen atom is stable.
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