Quantum is the minimum amount of energy that can be lost or gained by an atom.
Eq=hf
In the equation above, the h = plank's constant; Eq = energy of the quantum; f = frequency.
This equation applies directly to the photoelectric effect. The photoelectric effect is an observation of light that is shone to a metal piece, however, the electrons in the metal piece will not be excited unless it is blue light. Red light is too low of a frequency to excite the electrons within the metal piece. Quanta of light energy are called photons.
If you know the wavelength, you can know the energy and if you know the energy, you can know the frequency.
In my chemistry class, we took many pictures of the different spectrums for different elements.
HELIUM: As you can see, this element is mostly reflecting; green, violet, orange/goldish.
HYDROGEN: As you can see, this element is mostly reflecting; violet, blue, red and green.
MURCURY: As you can see, this element is mostly reflecting; green, violet, indigo, and small portions of yellow.
NEON: As you can see, this element is reflecting mostly; red, orange, and yellow.
ORANGE WATER PLACED IN FRONT OF COMPLETE SPECTRUM: When we did this, it reflected mainly red, orange and yellow, however some other colors like green and blue as well.
BLUE WATER IN FRONT OF COMPLETE SPECTRUM: When we did this, it seemed to include all the colors in the spectrum except for mainly red and orange colors of low frequency.
COMPLETE SPECTRUM
When and electron is at ground state, is the electron is very close to the nucleus and has a low frequency. Also, when the electron goes from the high energy level to the lower energy level, this is how light is produced.
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