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Posted by cristie on Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 4:56am.

A photon interacts with a ground state electron in a hydrogen atom and is absorbed. The electron is ejected from the atom and exhibits a de Broglie wavelength of . Determine the frequency (in hz) of the interacting photon.

science - bobpursley, Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 5:24am
frequency*wavelength=speed of light
science - Ling, Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 4:59pm
First find: E = P^2/2Me + E(first ionization)

P= h / BroglieWavelength

E(first ionization)=21.7*10^-19

Me= 9.1*10^-31

h= 6.626*10^-34

Once E is found the find frequency:

frequency(hz)= E / h

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