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    I How does the electron come back down in energy level after absorbing a photon?

    Among other more valid references, this youtube video produced by the American Chemical Society, beginning at 1:07,
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    I How does the electron come back down in energy level after absorbing a photon?

    A common explanation for the origin of (some) color is that a material absorbs a, say, red photon and an electron moves from one energy level to a higher energy level, the difference in energy being the energy of the red photon. The material then appears bluish having absorbed the red light...
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    Do Neutrons Emit Infrared Radiation at Room Temperature?

    All bodies with a temperature emit electromagnetic radiation also known as thermal radiation or blackbody radiation. If I understand it correctly, the origin of this is the thermal motion (acceleration) of the atoms and their included positive and negative charges leads to EM radiation...
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    What is the Mechanism Behind the Emission of Thermal Radiation?

    I'm trying to understand the origin of thermal radiation. All things with a temperature emit electromagnetic radiation. Every discussion I've found starts with that as a premise and then goes on to Wien's displacement law and Planck's law, etc which I follow. But *why* do all things...