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Date November 2011 Marks available 4 Reference code 11N.2.HL.TZ0.13
Level Higher level Paper Paper 2 Time zone Time zone 0
Command term Calculate and Identify Question number 13 Adapted from N/A

Question

Part 2 Atomic spectra

The diagram shows some of the principal energy levels of atomic hydrogen.

The emission line spectrum of atomic hydrogen contains a blue line of wavelength 490nm.

(i) Calculate, in eV, the energy of a photon of wavelength 490 nm.

(ii) On the diagram above, identify with an arrow, the electron transition that gives rise to the emission line of wavelength 490 nm.

Markscheme

(i) \(\frac{{6.7 \times {{10}^{ - 34}} \times 3.0 \times {{10}^8}}}{{4.9 \times {{10}^{ - 7}}}}\);
2.5 or 2.6 eV;

(ii) transition between –0.85 and –3.4;
correct direction of arrow (down);

Examiners report

[N/A]

Syllabus sections

Core » Topic 7: Atomic, nuclear and particle physics » 7.1 – Discrete energy and radioactivity
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