You have a cold gas of gold atoms, and you observe that if youshine light consisting of photons with energy 10.2 eV through thegas, some free electrons are observed, implying that a photon ofthis energy is able to ionize an atom in the gas. You find that theemitted electrons have a kinetic energy of 1.0 eV. What is theionization energy of the gold atom? What is its ground state energyK + U?
you shine light with continuousenergy distribution, and you observe absorption lines at thefollowing photon energies: 1.1 eV, 2.7 eV, 4.6 eV, 5.1eV, 6.7eV,and 7.2eV.
Q/ Using the information from the two experiments describesabove, draw a diagram of the energy levelsof one of the atoms inthis gas. Draw the diagram expermintly to scale. Label the energylevels with their Values and label the transitions observed fromthe absorption line Data.
