Question

6. The table shows the first five energy levels for mercury. A mercury atom makes a transition that emits a photon with a frequency of 4.91 × 1014 Hz. What was the transition? Use GUESS Method!!
Energy levels of mercury:
n energy level eV
1 -10.38
2 -5.74
3 -5.52
4 -4.95
5 -3.71

Answer 1

Now,
E= 2.03 eV
Also, 
Ef – Ei = E2 – E5 
= -5.74 eV – (–3.71 eV)
= –2.03 eV.
From the conservation of energy, we know that the atom lost energy when that atom emitted the photon. Thus, the transition was from E5 to E2.

The energy levels for an atom are quantized.