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Relativistic effects are rather small in the hydrogen atom, but not so in higher-Z atoms....

Relativistic effects are rather small in the hydrogen atom, but not so in higher-Z atoms. Estimate at what value of Z relativistic effects might alter energies by about a percent and whether it applies equally to all orbiting electrons or to some more than others. For this crude guess, it is acceptable to combine quantum-mechanical results you have learned, related to energy, angular momentum, and/or probable radii, with some classical relationships.

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