When a photon is emitted by a hydrogen atom, the photon carries a momentum with it.

(a) Calculate the momentum carried by the photon when a hydrogen atom emits light of wavelength 656.3 nm


(b) With what speed does the atom recoil during this transition? Take the mass of the hydrogen atom = 1.67 × 10–27 kg.


(c) Find the kinetic energy of recoil of the atom.


(a)As per


kgm/s


(b)As



m/s


(c) K.E


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