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Hi I'm just a little confused on when we would have to use the equation ? Could someone please clarify? Thank you!
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Re: Equation
you would use this equation when you are presented with a problem where the N levels are being moved. Example could be N=5 to N=1! Then you can use this equation and plug in the known variables. Includes Plancks Constant, Rydberg's Constant, and use the N given in the example for the n portion of the equation. You will have two separate answers after since there are two N's, and that could be used in Nfinal - Ninitial to solve a possible given problem! Hope I made some sense and hope this helps!
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Re: Equation
This equation is used to find an electron's energy at a specific energy level. Adding on to Ivan's point, when asked to find the energy it takes an electron to move from one energy level to another, you can also use the equation V = R(1/n12 - 1/n22), where n1 is the lower energy level and n2 is the higher energy level.
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You can use this equation when they ask you a question to find the change in energy for the electron. You can find the energy for each energy level and take the difference. The other option is to use V = R(1/n12 - 1/n22) and use the equation E = hV to find the energy e.
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Yeah, agreeing with everyone else, you would find the value of E_5 and E_2 separately with the same equation, and then you would be able to subtract E_5 from E_2 and it would give you the answer!
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What's the difference between the Rydberg constant of 3.29 *10^15 J vs 1.10 * 10^7 Hz? How do you make a distinction between what Rydberg constants to utilize?
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Re: Equation
Diya Kar wrote:What's the difference between the Rydberg constant of 3.29 *10^15 J vs 1.10 * 10^7 Hz? How do you make a distinction between what Rydberg constants to utilize?
I don't think there is a difference, I think they are the same thing just in different units. For your second question, you can make a distinction between which Rydberg constants to utilize based on what the question is asking.
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