Question

a photon with a wavelength of 2.29x10^-7 meters strikes a mercury atom in the ground state. the photon can be absorbed by the mercury atom because it will accommodate an energy level jump to

Answer 1

Level D

Step-by-step explanation:

The ground state of the mercury atom is −10.38 eV and the level is −4.95 eV. The difference between these two levels is 5.43eV. So, the photon can be absorbed because the energy of the photon is exactly equal to the energy-level difference between the ground state and level

Answer 2

I just figured this out now.
First you would use the formula
Ephoton= hc/λ and substitute in the value's of plank's constant, the speed of light in a vaccum and the wavelength which will give you the energy in joules. Then you go to the reference table and solve for the energy used between the different levels for Mercury making sure to convert electron volts to jules. In the end the correct answer should be energy level D.