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Chemistry Forums for Students => Undergraduate General Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: cardrap on May 25, 2004, 05:48:36 PM
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What experiment requires the emission of energy by an atom be quantized?
thanks
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Burn some table salt, you'll notice that light only emits in the yellow frequency. Instead of at all frequencies giving a rainbow or white light effect.
Albeit this is not the best experiment.
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I think all cases should be quantitised due to the fact that all electrons in atoms can only be promoted to and demoted to fixed energy levels within the atom.