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Chapter 31, Problem 24P

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Problem 24P

IP An electron in hydrogen absorbs a photon and jump to a higher orbit, (a) Find the energy the photon must have in the initial state is n = 3 and the final state is n = 5. (b) If the initial state was n = 5 and the final state n = 7, would the energy of the photon be greater than, less than, or the same as that found in part (a)? Explain, (c) Calculate the photon energy for part (b).

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QUESTION:

Problem 24P

IP An electron in hydrogen absorbs a photon and jump to a higher orbit, (a) Find the energy the photon must have in the initial state is n = 3 and the final state is n = 5. (b) If the initial state was n = 5 and the final state n = 7, would the energy of the photon be greater than, less than, or the same as that found in part (a)? Explain, (c) Calculate the photon energy for part (b).

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Here we have to calculate the energies in particular states and the energy of the photons.

The equation for the energy of the hydrogen atom.

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