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First, calculate the energy of the photon by using the wave length and then see which the energy differences between electon levels. If it is equal, then it is the right transition

The energy of a photon is proportional to its frequency

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Light cannot be used to probe the structure of an atom. A photon of the required wavelength (less than the diameter of the atom in question) would undoubtedly have enough energy to create a new particle-antiparticle pair.

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If you can measure the amount of light emitted by an atom, you can determine its energy levels using the formula E=h(nu). Planck's Constant is "h", or 6.62606957 (10^-34). The atom's light frequency is "nu".

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the brighter the light the more energy the atom has

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because more of light scatter the electron

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