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victorhugo
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Tell me if I get this straight;
When a photon of light hits an atom and interacts with the electrons, it will only affect the electrons in the outer shell causing them to go up a state, then they will fall back down and emit that exact wavelength that was absorbed?
And the photons of light that don't interact with the electrons, do they pass straight through?
For emission spectra, is that electrons gaining energy from a different source and falling back down to their states and thus releasing a photon of light?
In light spectra, couldn't an absorption spectra look like an emission spectrum and vice-versa for different atoms?
When a photon of light hits an atom and interacts with the electrons, it will only affect the electrons in the outer shell causing them to go up a state, then they will fall back down and emit that exact wavelength that was absorbed?
And the photons of light that don't interact with the electrons, do they pass straight through?
For emission spectra, is that electrons gaining energy from a different source and falling back down to their states and thus releasing a photon of light?
In light spectra, couldn't an absorption spectra look like an emission spectrum and vice-versa for different atoms?