The ground state energy of a hydrogen atom is $-13.6 \, eV$. When its electron is in the first excited state,its excitation energy is ...... $eV$.

  • A
    $10.2$
  • B
    $0$
  • C
    $6.8$
  • D
    $3.4$

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