Question: Hydrogen atoms: ( a ) What is the minimum kinetic energy in electron volts that an electron must have to be able to ionize a

Hydrogen atoms:
(a) What is the minimum kinetic energy in electron volts that an electron must have to be able to ionize a hydrogen atom that is in its first excited state (that is, remove the electron from being bound to the proton)?(5 points)
(b) If electrons of energy 13.15 eV are incident on a gas of hydrogen atoms in their ground state, what are the energies of photons that can be emitted by the excited gas?
(8 points)
(c) The Boltzmann factor is . If we have hydrogen gas at a temperature of 69,600K(twelve times hotter than the surface of the sun), what fraction of the hydrogen atoms (comparted to the ground state) are in the third excited (electronic) state? E is the gap in energy between the ground state and the 3rd excited state. Boltzmann's constant kB=1.3810-23JK.(5 points)
Hydrogen atoms: ( a ) What is the minimum kinetic

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