Electron states
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Electron states
What happens when an electron goes from an excited state back to it's ground state? Is there anything we should measure?
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Re: Electron states
When we discussed the Hydrogen Atomic Spectra, we talked about how when an electron absorbs a light with a certain frequency/wavelength, it is excited to a higher energy level, and when that excited electron returns back to its ground state, it emits energy in the form of light. So to answer your question, we can measure the wavelength of the photon emitted by the electron when it goes from an excited state back to ground state, and using that wavelength we can calculate the frequency and the energy of the photon that was emitted. Hope this helps!
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Re: Electron states
An excited photon returning back to ground state will emit energy through light, which you can measure by finding the wavelength of the light and using E=hv and c=wavelength*v equations to determine the energy.
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Re: Electron states
Essentially going from an excited state to a ground state just means that the electron has released energy/photon of electromagnetic energy. When it reaches its ground state it can go no further, so in turn it can be excited up to a higher state by absorbing energy
Re: Electron states
The electron releases energy when it goes from an excited state to its ground state.
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