An electron moved from a higher energy level to a lower energy level. What most likely happened during the transition?

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Oswaldo Hines

21 February, 08:57

An electron moved from a higher energy level to a lower energy level. What most likely happened during the transition?

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Brodie Hart · Answer 1

Energy is released and emission occurs.

Explanation:

When an electron moves from a level of higher energy to a lower energy level, energy is released and emission occurs during this transition. But the amount of energy that is released is in specific quantum amounts.

It is because of the increase in their energy that the electrons move from the ground to an excited state (from closer to the nucleus to farther from the nucleus).