Yes energy = - 4.11E-17 J
my mistake lol
I think the answer is that the atom gets ionised and the remaining enegry becomes the KE of the free electron.
but I am confused as to the words 'what happens to the ENERGY' (is it just absorbed by the electron in the ground state and the rest...
Hi:
a) an atoms electron is in the ground state (4.11*10^ -17). An electron with ke 5*10^-17 collides with the atom, what happens to the energy.
b) What could subsequently happen to the electrons in the higher energy levels
help please