Question

What happens when an electron emits a photon?

Answer 1

Answer:

An electron emits a photon and falls from a higher energy level to a lower energy level.

Explanation:

A quantized form of electromagnetic radiation is called a photon.

Since the electromagnetic radiation has dual characteristics. The photons are the energy wave packets of the radiation.

When an electron is exposed to such radiation, it absorbs some of the energies of photons and goes to the excited state.

The excited state is only a temporary state. So, the electron releases some energy that comes to a lower energy level.