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How energy is emitted when an atom returns to the ground state?
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The energy may be emitted all at once or in smaller steps
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When an atom returns to its ground state what happens to the excess energy of the atom?
it is released (emitted) as part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Which of the following correctly explains how energy is emitted when an atom returns to the ground state?
There is insufficient information in the question to properly answer it. You did not provide the list of "the following". In general, however, if it is the nucleus that returns to ground state, then gamma ray emission is the mechanism. It it is the electron cloud the returns to ground state, then x-ray emission is the mechanism. The end result is the same - a photon is emitted with a certain energy - only the mechanism differs.
When a electron returns to its stable or ground state is emits?
When an electron returns to its ground state it emits energy in the form of light.
What is the difference between emitted light and exciting light?
excited light is the light a chemical absorbs raising it from it's ground state to an excited state. Energy is released as heat and as light. Causes flourescence when chemical returns itself to its ground state. emitted light is the light emitted from the absorbing chemical. When this happens a substance(usually an organic) is emitting a light of longer wavelength after absorbing light of a shorter wavelength.
What does line spectrum tell us?
The bright line emission spectrum tells us the amount of energy between the exited and ground state. When electrons move from an exited state to a ground state, radiant energy of a specific frequency is emitted this creates spectral lines.
When an atom returns to its ground state what happens to the excess energy of the atom?
it is released (emitted) as part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
When an atom returns to the ground state what happens to the excess energy of the atom?
it is released (emitted) as part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Which of the following correctly explains how energy is emitted when an atom returns to the ground state?
There is insufficient information in the question to properly answer it. You did not provide the list of "the following". In general, however, if it is the nucleus that returns to ground state, then gamma ray emission is the mechanism. It it is the electron cloud the returns to ground state, then x-ray emission is the mechanism. The end result is the same - a photon is emitted with a certain energy - only the mechanism differs.
What is the amount of energy released by an electron as it returned to ground state?
An excited electron releases a photon as it returns to ground state.
When a electron returns to its stable or ground state is emits?
When an electron returns to its ground state it emits energy in the form of light.
Is energy emitted or absorbed when an electron moves from an excited state to a ground state?
Emitted, and the precise amount of energy that is emitted will depend on what kind of atom, and moving from which excited state. That's how spectrographs can determine what element is present.
What is the difference between emitted light and exciting light?
excited light is the light a chemical absorbs raising it from it's ground state to an excited state. Energy is released as heat and as light. Causes flourescence when chemical returns itself to its ground state. emitted light is the light emitted from the absorbing chemical. When this happens a substance(usually an organic) is emitting a light of longer wavelength after absorbing light of a shorter wavelength.
When one electron moves from the 4th shell to the 2nd shell in hydrogen is energy absorbed or emitted by the atom?
The energy is absorbed by the electrons because work needs to be done on the electrons to raise them to an excited state. Energy is stored in the electrons while they are in their excited state and would emit energy if they returned to their ground state.
Why do electrons emit light when they fall down to their ground state?
There's a difference in energy between the excited state and the ground state. The energy has to go somewhere. It's generally emitted as electromagnetic radiation ... "light".
An atom absorbs energy as its electron?
An electron in the ground state does absorb energy in form of photons or other electromagnetic radiations.
What form of energy emission accompanies the return of an excited electron to its ground state?
What form of energy emission accompanies the return of excited electrons to the ground state?
What does line spectrum tell us?
The bright line emission spectrum tells us the amount of energy between the exited and ground state. When electrons move from an exited state to a ground state, radiant energy of a specific frequency is emitted this creates spectral lines.
