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Date May 2011 Marks available 1 Reference code 11M.1.HL.TZ2.29
Level Higher level Paper Paper 1 Time zone Time zone 2
Command term Question number 29 Adapted from N/A

Question

The diagram below shows some of the energy levels available to an electron in a caesium atom.

Photons of energy 0.9eV pass through a sample of low pressure caesium vapour. Which of the following gives the energy transition of the electron when a photon is absorbed?

  1. From -3.9eV to 0

  2. From -2.5eV to -1.6eV

  3. From -1.6eV to -2.5eV

  4. From 0 to -3.9eV

Markscheme

B

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