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Chapter 8 PDF
Chapter 8 PDF
Energy Quantization
8.1 Photons
A photon is a particle of light with momentum and energy but zero rest energy:
Ephoton = Kphoton
It may be thought as a packet of energy traveling at the speed of light
1 eV = 1.602 x 10-19 J
13.6 eV 2 , N 1, 2, 3,
1
E N K U elec
N
Ef - Ei = Kphoton
Line Spectra
Emission Spectrum
Absorption: an atom
absorbs the energy of a
photon to go to a higher
energy level.
Ef - Ei = Kphoton
Line Spectra
Absorption Spectrum