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What will happen to the photons in the following situations A photon has more than enough energy for an electron in an atom to jump from the ground state to an excited state.?
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To answer this question, first we need to know what photons arToe to electrons when they occure at the same speed since one have mass and the other do not have. NOTE:PHOTONS ARE MASSLESS BUT ELECTRON HAS A MASS OF ABOUT 9.11X10 SQUARE 2.TO UNDERSTAND THIS FURTHER,PHOTONS HAS NO MASS, WHERE WOULD IT GAIN THE ENERGY FROM? SINCE ACCORDING TO EINSTEINS RELATIVITY, E=MC SQUARE. THAT IS MASS PRODUCES ENERGY.NOW, IF THE PHOTONS MOVES UP TO HIGHER STAGE, AND THEN FALLS BACK WHAT WILL HAPPEN? BECAUSE ACCORDING TO PLANCK IT WILL RELEASE ENERGY.SO SINCE PHOTON HAS NO MASS, IT IS NOT QUALIFIED TO PARTICIPATE ON QAUNTUM STATE OR IF ITS QUALIFIED,THEN WE KNOW THAT IT POSSESES SOME LITTLE IF NOT NEGLIGABLE MASS. MY MAIL:ceephily@Yahoo.com
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What causes photons to be emitted from excited atoms?
The energy difference, between two energy levels, is emitted as a photon, when the electron "falls down" to a lower energy level.
How does an excited atom go back to it's ground state?
It must omit a photon of light to lower the excited electron to a lower state. It may require multiple emissions to lower one electron multiple steps or multiple emissions to lower multiple excited electrons. (Incidentally this is why we see a blue sky - excited O2 molecules are emitting blue photons to get back to a ground state)
How many different protons of radiation were emitted from excited helium atoms to form the spectrum?
six photons
How light is given off by the movement of electrons in an atom?
Electron transitions release photons.
What does it mean for an electron to be excited?
The electron starts to move faster.Not a bad try... but to rephrase it- the electron, when excited, jumps to a lower energy orbital and gives off a photon of a certain frequency. this helps it lose the 'excess' energy and re- stabilize.
Energy can be released from a pigment with an excited electron by what method?
by emiting photons
What causes an electron to go from a ground state to excited state?
Typically, an electron goes into an excited state when a photon (a particle of light) with just the right wavelength strikes it. For most molecules, these photons are in the Ultraviolet / Visible light spectrum.
When excited electrons return to lower energy levels what is released?
Energy is emitted when an electron moves from a higher energy level to a lower energy level.
What causes photons to be emitted from excited atoms?
The energy difference, between two energy levels, is emitted as a photon, when the electron "falls down" to a lower energy level.
How does an excited atom go back to it's ground state?
It must omit a photon of light to lower the excited electron to a lower state. It may require multiple emissions to lower one electron multiple steps or multiple emissions to lower multiple excited electrons. (Incidentally this is why we see a blue sky - excited O2 molecules are emitting blue photons to get back to a ground state)
What happens when the electrons relax?
As excited electrons drop back to lower energy levels in the atom, photons having the energy of the difference between the two electron energy levels are emitted from the atom.
An atom absorbs energy as its electron?
An electron in the ground state does absorb energy in form of photons or other electromagnetic radiations.
How are photons made?
Photons are either created or absorbed when a electron makes a quantum leap inside an atom
How does the arrangement of electron configuration creates different wavelengths?
It determines the different energy levels. When excited electrons drop back to normal level, energy is released as light photons. Different colors for different frenquencies.
When excited electrons radiate energy the amount of energy given off is equal to?
Photons
What are particles that move quickly away from the sun's surface called?
Photons. (In the form of electromagnetic radiation)
Do photon have a greater energy than electron?
No. A photon has no rest mass an electron has mass.
