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lawyer [7]
3 years ago
7

Use the Rydberg Equation to calculate the energy in Joules of the transition between n = 7 and n = 3 for the hydrogen atom. Find

the frequency in Hz of this transition if the wavelength is 1000nm.
Chemistry
1 answer:
Vladimir79 [104]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

The energy of each transition is approximately 1.98\times 10^{-19}\; \rm J.

The frequency of photons released in such transitions is approximately 3.00\times 10^{14}\; \rm Hz.

Explanation:

The Rydberg Equation gives the wavelength (in vacuum) of photons released when the electron of a hydrogen atom transitions from one main energy level to a lower one.

  • Let \lambda_\text{vac} denote the wavelength of the photon released when measured in vacuum.
  • Let R_\text{H} denote the Rydberg constant for hydrogen. R_\text{H} \approx 1.09678 \times 10^{7}\; \rm m^{-1}.
  • Let n_1 and n_2 denote the principal quantum number of the initial and final main energy level of that electron. (Both n_1\! and n_2\! should be positive integers; n_1 > n_2.)

The Rydberg Equation gives the following relation:

\displaystyle \frac{1}{\lambda_\text{vac}} = R_\text{H} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{{n_2}^2}} -\frac{1}{{n_1}^2}\right).

Rearrange to obtain and expression for \lambda_\text{vac}:

\displaystyle \lambda_\text{vac} = \frac{1}{\displaystyle R_\text{H}\cdot \left(\frac{1}{{n_2}^2} - \frac{1}{{n_1}^2}\right)}.

In this question, n_1 = 7 while n_2 = 3. Therefore:

\begin{aligned} \lambda_\text{vac} &= \frac{1}{\displaystyle R_\text{H}\cdot \left(\frac{1}{{n_2}^2} - \frac{1}{{n_1}^2}\right)} \\ &\approx \frac{1}{\displaystyle 1.09678 \times 10^{7}\; \rm m^{-1} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{3^2} - \frac{1}{7^2}\right)} \approx 1.0 \times 10^{-6}\; \rm m \end{aligned}.

Note, that 1.0\times 10^{-6}\; \rm m is equivalent to 1000\; \rm nm. That is: 1.0\times 10^{-6}\; \rm m = 1000\; \rm nm.

Look up the speed of light in vacuum: c \approx 3.00\times 10^{8}\; \rm m \cdot s^{-1}. Calculate the frequency of this photon:

\begin{aligned} f &= \frac{c}{\lambda_\text{vac}} \\ &\approx \frac{3.00\times 10^{8}\; \rm m\cdot s^{-1}}{1.0\times 10^{-6}\; \rm m} \approx 3.00 \times 10^{14}\; \rm Hz\end{aligned}.

Let h represent Planck constant. The energy of a photon of wavelength f would be E = h \cdot f.

Look up the Planck constant: h \approx 6.62607 \times 10^{-34}\; \rm J \cdot s. With a frequency of 3.00\times 10^{14}\; \rm Hz (1\; \rm Hz = 1\; \rm s^{-1},) the energy of each photon released in this transition would be:

\begin{aligned}E &= h \cdot f \\ &\approx 6.62607 \times 10^{-34}\; \rm J\cdot s^{-1} \times 3.00 \times 10^{14}\; \rm s^{-1} \\ &\approx 1.98 \times 10^{-19}\; \rm J\end{aligned}.

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