What is meant by ldquo-Energy of an electron in a hydrogen atom is quantized rdquo-

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What is meant by “Energy of an electron in a hydrogen atom is quantized”

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Energy of an electron in a hydrogen atom is quantized. It means the energy of electron is a definite value. It can not be random. The motion of electron is fixed. Quantization means only some values are possible not all.
$E = - \frac{13.6}{n^{2}} O n l y t h e v a l u e s o f e n e r g y c o r r e s p o n d i n g t o n = 1, 2, 3, 4 . . ., n a r e p o s s i b l e n o t o t h e r t h a n t h e s e . S o, t h e e n e r g y o f a n e l e c t r o n i n a h y d r o g e n a t o m i s q u a n t i z e d .$

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