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24 March, 18:45

The brightest emission line in the line spectrum of potassium is at 535 nm. what is the energy of the photon emitted?

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  1. 24 March, 22:43
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    We can use the plack equation for this, E = hv, where E is energy, h is the plack constant (6.626*10⁻³⁴ J*s) and v is the frequency. We were given a wavelength, which we'll call λ, where we can use v = c/λ (c is the speed of light = 3*10⁸ m/s) to plug into the plack equation. Doing so, we get E = hc/λ, where we can plug in numbers (remember 1 nm = 10⁻⁹ m) so E = (6.626*10⁻³⁴ J*s) * (3*10⁸ m/s) / (535 * 10⁻⁹ m) = 3.72 * 10⁻¹⁹ J and that's the energy of our photon emission
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