The Alpha Lines in the "K" Series Tungsten Spectrum

Authors

Charles Crofutt, State University of IowaFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

According to Bohr's theory of the atom, radiation takes place only when an electron goes from one orbit to an orbit closer the nucleus. If W represents the energy associated with an orbit, that is, the energy required to remove an electron from the orbit to infinity, the energy radiated when an electron goes from orbit (1) to orbit (2) will be W₂ - W₁ = h, where orbit (2) is closer the nucleus. Assuming that an absorption frequency corresponds to the energy associated with a ring of the Bohr atom, the difference between two absorption frequencies should give an emission frequency.

Publication Date

1921

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

28

Issue

1

First Page

117

Last Page

118

Copyright

©1921 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Crofutt, Charles (1921) "The Alpha Lines in the "K" Series Tungsten Spectrum," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 28(1), 117-118.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol28/iss1/24