Energy Expression for Hydrogen Like Ions

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Hydrogen like ions are those which contain only one electron. For e.g., He⁺, Li²⁺ etc. The energy expression for these ions may be written as:

where Z is the nuclear charge, which is equal to the atomic number.

For e.g., for He⁺, Z = 2 and for Li²⁺, Z = 3.