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No, it is not possible because the size of an atom is smaller than the wavelength of light.
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Why are atoms invisible to visible light?
An atom is smaller than a single wavelength of visible light
How is it possible for an electron go from the 3rd to the 4th energy level?
It is possible if the electron absorbs energy, for example, from a photon.
When the atom had been seen?
Strictly speaking, no one has ever seen an atom. It's not possible, since atoms are much, much smaller than the wavelength of visible light. The first imaging of individual atoms was done in the late 1970s. By the early 1980s, scanning tunneling microscopes were commercially available (and relatively inexpensive, as high-precision lab equipment goes).
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.
What does a red light around an atom indicate?
there is no red light around an atom
Why are atoms invisible to visible light?
An atom is smaller than a single wavelength of visible light
What causes an atom to release energy in the form of visible wavelengths of light?
When an atom releases energy in the form of visible wavelengths of light, it indicates that an electron in that atom has gone from an excited energy level, back down to a lower energy level.
What does a atom of argon look like?
It cannot be seen with visible light. but it is believed to be spherical.
What part of an atom is visible under the microscope?
A single atom is not visible in a microscope (it is too small to be imaged by photons). What you see in an optical microscope (or in general) is the light reflected, scattered, or emitted by the electron layers of the material under observation.
What part of an atom is actualley visible under the microscope?
A single atom is not visible in a microscope (it is too small to be imaged by photons). What you see in an optical microscope (or in general) is the light reflected, scattered, or emitted by the electron layers of the material under observation.
How is it possible for an electron go from the 3rd to the 4th energy level?
It is possible if the electron absorbs energy, for example, from a photon.
What color is the middle of a zinc atom?
The middle of any atom has no color because it is so very small that it can not be seen using light.
What is the active ingredient in a light sensitive emulsion that records the latent image and is later converted to a permanent visible image during developing?
A silver halide--a compound consisting of a silver atom bonded to either an iodine atom or a chlorine atom.
Who was the first person to see an atom?
No one has ever seen an atom. Which is not too surprising, when you consider that the shortest wavelength of light that our eyes can detect is more than 1,400 times the covalent radius (the "size") of the largest atom. To see an atom in visible light would be like trying to feel the outline of a mosquito by brushing it with a feeler the size of a person.
What is photoionization?
The removal of one or more electrons from an atom or molecule by absorption of a photon of visible or ultraviolet light. (Also known as atomic photoelectric effect.)
When an electron moves from a lower energy level to a higher energy level to the atom?
The atom will emit some sort of electromagnetic radiation. It can range from x-rays to visible light depending on which energy levels are involved
How do you know what the atom looks like when no one has ever seen it?
You don't really know what it looks like. What's more, an individual atom doesn't "look like", because it is much smaller than the wavelength of visible light. What the models used to describe the atom really say is that the atom "behaves as if..." such-and-such.
