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Could an atom emit one photon of blue light after absorbing only one photon of red light?
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∙ 6y ago
No, it could not. A blue photon carries more energy than a red photon, since the blue photon's frequency is higher. That means one red photon wouldn't deliver enough energy to the atom to give it the energy to emit a blue photon.
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∙ 13y agoNo way. One blue photon carries more energy than a red photon, since its
frequency is higher. So one red photon wouldn't deliver enough energy to
do that.
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What particles in an atom are light particles?
Electrons are the lighter particles of an atom. If you are referring to the phenomena of light in electromagnetic radiation the particles are called photons. They are not part of an atom as such but can be emitted or absorbed by atoms under certain circumstances.
What determines which photon an atom can absorb or emit?
Generally if they are of the same wavelength, then the atom will absorb the photon at that wavelength.
Is energy is conserved when an atom emits a photon of light?
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Light (photons) will usually travel fastest.
What does incident light that falls on an object do to the electrons in the atoms of an object?
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What particles in an atom are light particles?
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Sketch an atom emitting light. Does the electron end up in a higher or lower orbit. Repeat for an atom absorbing light?
When an atom emits light an electron has fallen from a higher orbit to a lower orbit. The amount of energy the emitted photon has will equal the energy difference between the initial and final orbits.
What does the change of an atom from an excited state to the ground state always require?
An atom emits a photon (particle of light) when transitioning from a ground state to its excited state. To obey conservation of energy, the energy gained by the atom when an electron moves to a lower energy level is equal to the energy it loses in emitting the photon. (The energy of a photon is E = hf, where E is the energy, h is Planck's constant, and f is the frequency of the photon.) Conversely, when an atom absorbs a photon (as is the case in absorption spectra), the electron absorbing the photon moves to a higher energy level.
If a certain fluorescing dye was2 emit a photon with an energy of 4.1x10-19J would this a suitable candidate for a light stick would this photon then be the same as the photon of a hydrogen atom?
no
Do atoms in an incandescent gas absorb or emit light?
When they exit their exited state. When an atom is bombarded by photons, it will often times absorb the photon. A photon is a unit of energy, so this energy is added to the atom, "extiting" it. However, atoms may only remain in ths excited state for a short period of time, and will eventually release the photon, reemiting it as light, and then the atom will return to its normal state.
An atom that undergoes excitation and de-excitation emits?
A quanta of light (one photon).
What is happening in an atom when light is given off?
light is given off by an atom when and electron moves from one shell to a lower shell and a specific amount of energy is released in the process (known as a photon). If the wavelength of the released photon are in the spectrum of visible light, we will see it as a specific color based on the wavelength of the photon.
A sentence for photon?
A photon is a sub atomic particle is a single enery packet of light As it has no mass it can travel at the speed of light (since it is light) and are created when an electron makes a quantum leap inside an atom.
How do atom put off ultraviolet light?
An atom could put off ultraviolet light if it was excited by ultraviolet light at the appropriate energy level. Atoms emit light when they are hit with the exact energy of photon to promote electrons to higher orbitals. The light is emitted as the electron drops back to its ground state.
Are protons and photons the same thing?
No. A proton is a part of an atom, while a photon is a tiny bundle of light energy (or light particle).
What determines which photon an atom can absorb or emit?
Generally if they are of the same wavelength, then the atom will absorb the photon at that wavelength.
Is energy is conserved when an atom emits a photon of light?
Energy is ALWAYS conserved. The appropriate sum of mass and energy is always conserved. If an atom emits a photon, the atom has less energy/mass, and the universe minus that atom has more energy/mass. It's like carrying some energy from here to there.
