Discharge Lamps Homework Activity Learning Goals: Be able to explain how a discharge lamp works and how energy

is transferred in each process involved in a discharge lamps. or this problem! yo" will be investigating the Discharge Lamps #im"lation. a. $% pts& '.% each( Begin by exploring the )*atom panel and the +onfig"rable Atom. $A few non*obvio"s sim"lation controls: ,o" can select the - of empty electronic energy levels in the config"rable atom and ad."st their location. And yo" can move the atom abo"t in the discharge t"be.( +onsider the following /r"e0 alse statements: /r"e alse 1f the spacing between two electronic energy levels in atom A is larger than in atom B! then the wavelength of the light emitted by atom B will be longer. /r"e alse 1f the spacing between two electronic energy levels in atom A is smaller than in atom B! then fewer photons will be emitted by atom B. /r"e alse 2hotons are emitted as electrons in the atom ."mp "p in energy /r"e alse /he colors emitted by an atom depends on how m"ch kinetic energy the free electron has when it hits the atom /r"e alse /he colors emitted depends on the n"mber of free electrons passing thro"gh the lamp. /r"e alse 3hen a free electron hits an atom! the atom is always excited to the highest energy level possible. /r"e alse /he kinetic energy of the free electron at the point of collision increases as the voltage of the battery increases. /r"e alse /he kinetic energy of the free electron at the point of collision is higher if the atom is closer to the so"rce of electrons /r"e alse /he only way to emit 14 photons is if there are empty electronic energy levels really close to the gro"nd state $lowest energy level(. /r"e alse 3hen atomic electrons are excited to a higher level! they always ret"rn to their lowest energy level by ."mping down one level at a time. b. $'.5 pts( How many possible colors can an atom with 6 electronic energy levels $Gro"nd state thro"gh level 5( emit7

c. $essay( 1n some discharge lamps! the work f"nction of the metal cathode is overcome by heating the electrons so they have eno"gh thermal energy to get o"t. /he voltage difference across the plates then give these electrons a certain amo"nt of electrostatic potential energy. As always! energy m"st be conserved. /rack and explain the transfers and conversions between different forms of energy that occ"r in a discharge lamp that make it work to prod"ce light. Be s"re to incl"de the main physics ideas abo"t how atoms

behave which are needed to make sense of what8s going on.