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A) Electrons accelerated by a potential difference of 13.16 V pass through a gas of hydrogen...

A) Electrons accelerated by a potential difference of 13.16 V pass through a gas of hydrogen atoms at room temperature. Calculate the wavelength of light emitted with the longest possible wavelength.

B) Calculate the wavelength of light emitted with the shortest possible wavelength.

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(B)

Since the electron has been accelerated through a potential difference of 13.16 V, its kinetic energy is 13.16 eV.

The energy levels for hydrogen are given by the standard formula:

En = -13.6/n² eV

The n=1 level has energy E1 = -13.6/1² = -13.6eV (ground state)

We need to find the highest energy level to which the 13.16eV electron can raise a ground state electron.

The highest possible resulting electron energy would be -13.6+13.16 = -0.44eV.

The n=2 level has energy E2 = -13.6/2² = -3.4eV

The n=3 level has energy E3 = -13.6/3² = -1.5eV

The n=4 level has energy E4 = -13.6/4² = -0.85eV

The n=5 level has energy E5 = -13.6/5² = -0.544eV

The n=5 level has energy E6 = -13.6/6² = -0.378eV

So the 13.06eV electron can raise a ground state electron to the n=5 level but not to the n=6 level.

(To raise a ground state electron to the n=6 level, the incident electron would need an energy of -0.378-(-13.6) = 13.22eV.)

After the excitation, the highest energy photon which can be emitted (i.e. the shortest wavelength) will be one produced when the electron drops back from the n=5 to the n=1 level in a single transition.

Photon energy, E = E5-E1

= -0.544-(-13.6)

= 13.056eV

= 13.056 x 1.6E-19 J

= 2.09E-18J

E=hc/?

? = hc/E

= 6.63E-34 x 3E8 / 2.08E-18

= 9.52E-8 m

(A)

For longest wavelength:

Photon energy, E = E5-E4

= -0.544-(-0.85)

= 0.306 eV

= 0.306 x 1.6E-19 J

= 4.896E-20J

E=hc/?

? = hc/E

= 6.63E-34 x 3E8 / 4.896E-20

= 4.06E-6 m


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