Problem 2CQ Explain why patterns observed in the periodic table of the elements are evidence for the existence of atoms, and why Brownian motion is a more direct type of evidence for their existence.
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1
Introduction: The Nature of Science and Physics
2
Kinematics
3
Two-Dimensional Kinematics
4
Dynamics: Force and Newton's Laws of Motion
5
Further Applications of Newton's Laws: Friction, Drag, and Elasticity
6
Uniform Circular Motion and Gravitation
7
Work, Energy, and Energy Resources
8
Linear Momentum and Collisions
9
Statics and Torque
10
Rotational Motion and Angular Momentum
11
Fluid Statics
12
Fluid Dynamics and its Biological and Medical Applications
13
Temperature, Kinetic Theory, and the Gas Laws
14
Heat and Heat Transfer Methods
15
Thermodynamics
16
Oscillatory Motion and Waves
17
Physics of Hearing
18
Electric Charge and Electric Field
19
Electric Potential and Electric Field
20
Electric Current, Resistance, and Ohm's Law
21
Circuits and DC Instruments
22
Magnetism
23
Electromagnetic Induction, AC Circuits, and Electrical Technologies
24
Electromagnetic Waves
25
Geometric Optics
26
Vision and Optical Instruments
27
Wave Optics
28
Special Relativity
29
Introduction to Quantum Physics
30
Atomic Physics
31
Radioactivity and Nuclear Physics
32
Medical Applications of Nuclear Physics
33
Particle Physics
34
Frontiers of Physics
Textbook Solutions for College Physics
Chapter 30 Problem 69
Question
Problem 69PE
Unreasonable Results
A student in a physics laboratory observes a hydrogen spectrum with a diffraction grating for the purpose of measuring the wavelengths of the emitted radiation. In the spectrum, she observes a yellow line and finds its wavelength to be 589 nm. (a) Assuming this is part of the Balmer series, determine ni , the principal quantum number of the initial state. (b) What is unreasonable about this result? (c) Which assumptions are unreasonable or inconsistent?
Solution
Solution 69PE
(a)
the value of ni is 3.24.
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Title
College Physics 1
Author
Paul Peter Urone, Roger Hinrichs
ISBN
9781938168000