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When an electron in the ground state absorbs energy what happens?
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jumps to the a higher orbital. This is only possible if the energy it absorbed is large enough to let it jump the gap.
If the energy is not large enough for the electron to jump that gap, the electron is forbidden to absorb any of that energy.
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What can be said of the amount of energy that an electron absorbs when it is excited compared to the amount of energy that it releases when it returns to ground state?
The amount of energy that is absorbed is the same as the amount of energy that is released.
Ground state of a 3 d electron?
The electron shells are filled in order 1s, 2s, 2p, 3s, 3p, 4s, 3d, 4p. Ground state just means the energy level that electron normally inhabits ie its shell. Electrons can be promoted to higher energy levels if the atom absorbs light energy and then the atom will emit that energy as the electrons fall back to their normal state.
What is the difference between the ground state of an atom and excited state of an atom?
An atom is in its ground state when all the electrons in the atom occupy orbitals that result in the minimum chemical potential energy for the atom as a whole. An excited atom is one that stores (at least for a brief interval) additional chemical potential energy as a result of at least one of the electrons in it occupying an orbital with higher energy than the orbital(s) the electrons in the same atom would occupy in the ground state of the atom.
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 kind of spectrum is produced when the electron jumps form a high energy state to a lower energy state?
When an electron moves to a lower energy level, the difference in energy appears in the form of a photon, which the electron emits.
When an electron in the ground state absorbs energy it goes to what state?
This electron is in an excited unstable state.
When does an electron go from the ground state to an excited state?
When the atom absorbs energy of the proper frequency/energy.
What can be said of the amount of energy that an electron absorbs when it is excited compared to the amount of energy that it releases when it returns to ground state?
The amount of energy that is absorbed is the same as the amount of energy that is released.
What happens to energy that the ground absorbs in the form of visible sunlight?
It is returned upward in the form of infrared light.
What must an electron do to move from ground state to an excited state?
To move an electron from the ground state to an excited state, it requires an input of energy. It should be equal to the energy difference between the two levels. This energy comes from collision with other molecules and atoms.
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 describes how an atom in the ground state becomes excited?
The atom absorbs energy, and one or more electrons move to a higher electron shell
Ground state of a 3 d electron?
The electron shells are filled in order 1s, 2s, 2p, 3s, 3p, 4s, 3d, 4p. Ground state just means the energy level that electron normally inhabits ie its shell. Electrons can be promoted to higher energy levels if the atom absorbs light energy and then the atom will emit that energy as the electrons fall back to their normal state.
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 electrons jump to a higher energy level they emit or absorb energy?
Electrons are normally in an energy level called the ground state. In the ground state electrons absorb heat energy and then get into the excited state where they release the energy and exert light energy. The light energy can be seen with a spectroscope with a unique bright line emission spectrum.
How does an excited atom get to a ground state?
For example, by the absorption of a photon.
What is the difference between the ground state of an atom and excited state of an atom?
An atom is in its ground state when all the electrons in the atom occupy orbitals that result in the minimum chemical potential energy for the atom as a whole. An excited atom is one that stores (at least for a brief interval) additional chemical potential energy as a result of at least one of the electrons in it occupying an orbital with higher energy than the orbital(s) the electrons in the same atom would occupy in the ground state of the atom.
