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What is the process in which an electron returns to a lower energy level and emits a photon?
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When an electron returns to its resting state does it give out energy in the form of a photon?
Yes
The light bearing packet of energy emitted by an electron is called a?
A packet of light energy is called a photon.
When an electron drops from a higher energy state to a lower energy state?
A photon is emitted when an electron falls from a higher to lower orbital. A photon is an elementary particles, the quantum of light and all other forms of electromagnetic radiation.
When metal is heated the light emitted is because it gains energy as they return to lower energy levels?
Just the opposite. As an electron returns to a lower energy level, it emits a packet (quantum) of energy that may be a visible photon.
What does the electron produce when they change energy levels?
a photon is emitted or absorbed
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 an electron returns to its resting state does it give out energy in the form of a photon?
Yes
When sunlight excites electrons how do the electrons change?
Depending on the energy (frequency) of the specific photon hitting the electron, one of three events happens: nothing, the electron is excited, or the electron leaves the atom. If the energy of the photon very high, the electron can absorb the energy and escape the nucleus' pull. This is called ionization. If the energy of the photon lines up with the energy spacing in the atoms energy levels, the electron will move to a higher energy state, becoming excited. The electron then returns to its original energy level, releasing the energy as light. If the energy of the photon does not fall into one of these categories, the electron does not interact with it. In terms of actually changing the electron, it only changes in energy, not any other property.
When an electron drops to a lower energy level what is the energy of a photon released?
The energy of the photon is the same as the energy lost by the electron
Why is the energy of a photon greater than that of an electron?
It does not. A photon has no rest mass an electron has mass and therefore more energy
The light bearing packet of energy emitted by an electron is called a?
A packet of light energy is called a photon.
When an electron drops from a higher energy state to a lower energy state?
A photon is emitted when an electron falls from a higher to lower orbital. A photon is an elementary particles, the quantum of light and all other forms of electromagnetic radiation.
When an electron drops to a lower energy level what is the energy of the photon released?
The energy of the photon is the same as the energy lost by the electron
When an electron in atom changes energy states a photon is emitted If the photon has a wavelength of 550 nm how did the energy of the electron change?
electron lost 3.6 x 10-19 -barbie=]
Do photon have a greater energy than electron?
No. A photon has no rest mass an electron has mass.
What is the energy of a photon with a frequecy of 1022 Hz?
The photon energy of 1022 Hz is 4.22664452E-12 electron volts.
What happens when an electron returns to its ground state from it's excited state?
A photon will be released!
