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Can a hydrogen atom absorb a photon of energy greater than 13.6 eV? Please explain.  

Can a hydrogen atom absorb a photon of energy greater than 13.6 eV? Please explain.  

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Energy required to remove electron from the shell of hydrogen is 13.6 eV therefore when energy greater than 13.6 eV is applied then all of the extra energy gets converted to kinetic energy of ejected electron. This is according to Einstein's photoelectric equation:

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Where K is the kinetic energy of ejected electron

h is the Planck's constant

v is the frequency of incident photon

is the work function of the element

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