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Title: How does the energy of a photon of visible light emitted by an atom compare to the energy change in the atom?
Post by: mige2631 on Sep 15, 2012
How does the energy of a photon of visible light emitted by an atom compare to the energy change within the atom itself? THANKS SO MUCH!


Title: How does the energy of a photon of visible light emitted by an atom compare to the energy change in the atom?
Post by: smithcherry on Sep 15, 2012
The two are identical and of opposite sign, though the energy change of the atom is experienced as a reduction in its mass.