Connect 1 Semester Access Card For Physics
Connect 1 Semester Access Card For Physics
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ISBN: 9781259629525
Author: Alan Giambattista; Betty Richardson; Robert Richardson
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Atomic Spectra
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Lasers are devices that emit light using atoms or molecules at a certain wavelength and amplify the light to produce a narrow beam of radiation. It works as per the principle of electromagnetic radiation. Their source of emission contains the same freque…
Balmer Series
The spectrum of frequency observed when electromagnetic radiation is emitted from an atom when it goes from higher energy state to lower state, is known as emission spectrum. This transition occurs when an excited electron moves from higher to lower stat…
Emission Spectrum
Every state of matter tries to be at minimum potential energy or it can be said that the atoms of element/ substance arrange themselves such that overall energy is minimum.
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Chapter 27, Problem 2CQ
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Why ultraviolet radiation can be harmful to the skin but visible light is not.

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Answer to Problem 2CQ

The ultraviolet rays have enough energy to ionize the atoms and molecules in the skin but visible light do not have enough energy for ionization.

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The photon model of light connects the energy of light to its frequency only. The ultraviolet rays have more energy than the visible photons due to the high frequency of the ultraviolet rays than the visible light. Due to the high energy they can cause more damage to the skin.

The ionizing power of the high frequency ultraviolet rays is more. The can ionize skin molecules and atoms causing harm to the skin. The visible light of higher frequency does not have the enough energy for ionization. Therefore, the ultraviolet rays has enough energy to ionize the atoms and molecules in the skin but visible light do not have enough energy for ionization.

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