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A ground state hydrogen atom absorbs a photon of light having a wavelength of 92.30 nm. It then gives off a photon having a wav...Question
A ground state hydrogen atom absorbs a photon of light having a wavelength of 93.03 nm. It then gives off a photon having a wavelength of 396.9 nm. What is the final state of the hydrogen atom? Values for physical constants can be found here.
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Damon
Now I just did one using the same relationships between frequency, period, speed of light, wavelength and energy. This one is the same.
Damon
http://www.jiskha.com/display.cgi?id=1455410600
Damon
note,
absorbed high energy
radiated much lower energy
therefore, energy of atom went up.
absorbed high energy
radiated much lower energy
therefore, energy of atom went up.