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AlexFokin
1 month ago
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A glass tube is filled with hydrogen gas.  An electric current is passed through the tube, and the tube begins to glow a pinkish

/purple color (this is how fluorescent bulbs and neon signs produce light). If you were to pass this pink light through a prism to separate the individual light frequencies, you would see that this pink light is composed of four distinct colors: violet, green, blue, and red.  Notice the similarity between image (b) above and image (b) from question #3. Which is the best description of why this occurs?

Physics
2 answers:
inna [3.1K]1 month ago
6 0
The initial description is the accurate one.
Keith_Richards [3.2K]1 month ago
5 0

Response:

Electrons in hydrogen atoms receive energy from the electric current, causing them to transition to higher energy levels. When they revert to their original lower energy states, they emit a photon. The energy of these photons corresponds precisely to the energy difference between the orbitals.

Clarification:

This occurrence is known as the photoelectric effect.

When electricity flows through hydrogen gas, an electron captures one photon’s energy and exceeds the work function threshold of hydrogen, which refers to the energy required to release an electron from an atom. This process leads to the generation of a photoelectron (photon).

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