How does frequency of light affect electrons?

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Gió
Jun 3, 2016

They can use the energy of light, which depends upon its frequency, to move between allowed orbits in the atom.

Explanation:

The energy #E# of the photon of light depends upon frequency #f# through the famous relationship proposed by Einstein:
#E=h*f#
where #h# is Planck's constant.

Electrons can absorb the right amount of energy from photons of light (of the right frequency) and jump to different allowed orbits inside the atom (as proposed by Bohr in this model of the hydrogen atom).
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