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Johnny010
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I am having a problem with this question in a past exam paper...I may just be being a bit of an idiot:
Show that if an H atom is in its ground state the minimum energy photon it can
absorb is 1.634x10-18 J.
I am using The formula:
En2-En1=hcR∞(1/n12 - 1/n22)
I keep getting a different value using n1 as 0 and n2 as 1...also using 1 and 2 respectively.
What am I doing incorrectly?
Show that if an H atom is in its ground state the minimum energy photon it can
absorb is 1.634x10-18 J.
I am using The formula:
En2-En1=hcR∞(1/n12 - 1/n22)
I keep getting a different value using n1 as 0 and n2 as 1...also using 1 and 2 respectively.
What am I doing incorrectly?