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Chapter 28, Problem 10CQ
To determine
An electron can absorb less than or greater than energy of
13.6 eV
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Can the electron in the ground state of hydrogen absorb a photon of energy less than 13.6 eV? Can it absorb a photon of energy greater than 13.6 eV? Explain.
What are the (a) energy, (b) magnitude of the momentum, and (c) wavelength of the photon emitted when a hydrogen atom
undergoes a transition from a state with n = 4 to a state with n = 2?
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2.55
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eV
(b) Number
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Consider photons incident on a hydrogen atom.
(a) A transition from the n = 4 to the n = 7 excited-state requires the absorption of a photon of what minimum energy? eV(b) A transition from the n = 1 ground state to the
n = 6 excited state requires the absorption of a photon of what minimum energy?
eV
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