Atomic Spectrum of Hydrogen Word Problems
This exercise uses the Rydberg equation as the basis for posing questions related to the electronic energy levels of the hydrogen atom. You will need to use your textbook to obtain the Rydberg equation as well as several other needed expressions and constants. A very specific dimension set is used. Energies are always in Joules, wavelength in meters and frequency in sec-1. The page operation is very straightforward.
- To begin-press "New Problem" and a question will appear to the right of the button.
- Put the correct value into the answer cell and press "Check Answer."
- The results on the problem and a running total will appear in the second table.
- If you get a problem "incorrect", you should redo it and recheck your answer.
- The value of the Rudberg constant varies, based upon what is being calculated. This page bases its calculation on energies and uses a value of 2.179×10-18J for the constant. All computations on this page go through the energy. If you wish, you may use other values of R to calculate wavelengths or frequencies more directly.
- Answers in scientific notation should be input using "e" notation. Thus, 2.05×10-20 would be input as 2.05e-20
- Pressing the "Show Answer" will cause the correct answer to appear and you will no longer be able to submit an answer for that problem.
