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A photon of energy 10.5eV is allowed to interact with a hydrogen atom in its ground state.

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Answer:
C
Solution:

Hydrogen excitation energies are discrete The first two are 10.2 eV and 12.09 eV A 10.5 eV photon matches neither and is below ionization energy It cannot excite the atom in this model

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