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Problem 52.7 (RHK)

We have to calculate approximately the energy difference for the x-ray atomic energy levels of molybdenum.

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The atomic number of molybdenum atom is .

The empirical result on the energy levels of the and levels of an atom of nuclear charge , based on Bohr’s formula, is

Thus