when hydrogen atom absorbs a photon, and an electron moves level 1 to level 2, what happens to the energy of the atom?

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pychu [463]3 years ago

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When an electron is hit by a photon of light, it absorbs the quanta of energy the photon was carrying and moves to a higher energy state. One way of thinking about this higher energy state is to imagine that the electron is now moving faster, (it has just been "hit" by a rapidly moving photon).

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