Sam Nelson

CHEM 124
Emission Spectroscopy

Emission Spectroscopy
7.00E-19
f(x) = 0x - 0
R = 1

6.00E-19
5.00E-19
4.00E-19

Kinetic Energy of Electron (J)

3.00E-19
2.00E-19
1.00E-19
0.00E+00

0.01

0.01

1/ (1/nm)

1. Threshold Photon Wavelength

This occurs when the line crosses the x-axis (y=0), (x=1/)
2E-16x-3E-19=0
2E-16x=3E-19
x=.0015
=666.7 nm
This number is the longest wavelength because x is equal to 1/, this means as the wavelength
gets longer, x values get smaller. Any wavelength longer than this will produce an energy that is
less than the threshold, therefore this must be the longest wavelength.
2. Work Function for Cesium Metal
y = 2E-16x - 3E-19
=3E-19