StoryQuest · Mission 031

Chemistry · Foundation

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Live relationshipEn=−13.6n2 eVE_n = -\frac{13.6}{n^2}\ \mathrm{eV}
Atom builder. Shell number at 1.7 n. Shell binding energy 4.71 eV, Observed line 0.85 eV. Currently shell binding energy is over by 3.856 eV.ATOM BUILDERTUNINGNUCLEUS1.7 N

Shell binding energy

4.71eV

Observed line

0.85eV

1.7 n

Atom builder. Shell number at 1.7 n. Shell binding energy 4.71 eV, Observed line 0.85 eV. Currently shell binding energy is over by 3.856 eV.

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You arrive at a spectrometer identifying gas in a sealed vault.

The emission line places an electron at 0.85 eV of binding energy. The assumed shell number is wrong, so the gas comes back unidentified.