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Quiz Section: BI

Nolan Donovan

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Chem 142 Experiment #1: Atomic Emission

Follow-up Report for Part I
Deadline: due in your TA's 3rd-floor mailbox 72 hours after your lab ends
In-lab: 37 points (report worksheet completed and handed in before leaving lab)
Take-home: 13 points (take-home report plus pg 9 of in-lab report packet)
Note: All sections of this
Lab notebook pages: 5 pts
report must be typed.
Total for reports and notebook: 60 pts

By signing below, you certify that you have not falsified data, that you have not plagiarized any part of this lab report, and tha
calculations and responses other than the reporting of raw data are your own independent work. Failure to sign this declarat
will result in 5 points being deducted from your report score.
Signature:

DATA, CALCULATIONS AND GRAPHS

(nm)

ni

(x 10-3nm-1)

656.89
486.2
433.69
409.76
396.83

3
4
5
6
7

1.5244
2.0568
2.3058
2.4405
2.5199

0.11
0.06
0.04
0.03
0.02

.Place your plot of 1/ vs 1/ni2 here (cover this instruction box so your graph is an appropriate size)

1/ vs. 1/ni2 (-Rydberg Constant)

.Properly label your graph (labels for axes, including units, and a title)

Include a trendline and its equation and R 2 value on your graph. This is done by right-clicking on one of the data points
on your graph and choosing "Add Trendline" from the drop down menu. The first tab asks what type of trendline you
- 11.2456299213x
+ 2.7542527559
. wish to use, and the Optionsf(x)
tab =
allows
you to include the
trendline equation and R 2 value
R = 0.9981107075

Type your calculations for RH in (m-1) from the Excel-determined slope and y-intercept. (2 pts)
RH from the slope: -(11.246x10-3 )/(1x10-9 )=RH
RH= 11246000 m-1

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Type your calculations for RH in (m-1) from the Excel-determined slope and y-intercept. (2 pts)
RH from the slope: -(11.246x10-3 )/(1x10-9 )=RH
RH= 11246000 m-1

RH from the y-intercept: (2.7543x10-3)/(1x10-9)=RH/4

2754300=RH/4
RH= 11017200 m-1

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Summary of Results
In the table below, summarize the five values you have determined for the Rydberg constant, and calculated the percent
error from the literature value (1.0974x107m-1).
(1 pts)
Source:
Part I.B. Question 3
Part I.B. Question 12
Part I.B. Question 12
This report
This report

In-lab Single Point

In-lab Slope
In-lab y-intercept
Excel Slope
Excel y-intercept

Rydberg Constant (m-1)

1.0909E+07
1.0840E+07
1.0800E+07
1.1246E+07
1.1017E+07

% Error
0.591%
1.221%
1.586%
2.479%
0.394%

Results and Discussion

1. Compare the accuracy of the five values you have determined for R H. Discuss benefits and drawbacks for the different
approaches for determining an accurate value for RH.
(3 pts)

The most accurate constant that was calculated was from the Excel chart's y-intercept (0.394% error). After that the next mos
accurate wsa the In-lab Single Point calcualtion with an error of 0.591%. The least accurate was the Excel slope with 2.479%
Based on this data in terms of accuracy the Excel y-intercept would be the best method to use. A draw back of this however i
that you need to have a set of data, while for the second most accurate calculation method, the In-lab Single Point clacualtion
only needs to have two theoretical points. The In-lab slope and y-intercept, as well as the Excel Slope have the same draw
backs as the Excel y-intercept, but with the additional draw back fo being less accurate.

2. The general equation for the energy related to an electron moving from one energy level to another in a hydrogen atom (Eq
2 in the Introduction information provided in the lab manual) is:
or rearranged,

Using Ephoton = h = hc/ and

, along with your most accurate R H value, calculate an experimental

value for the constant in the equation (2.18 x 10-18 J). In other words, create Eqn 2 using the two given equations, and then
calculate your experimental value for the constant . Compare your calculated experimental value to the value provided in the
equation and discuss any differences in the magnitudes of the values (for the purposes of this report, you do not need to discu
the different signs with these values).
(3 pts)
Calculations:
Ephoton=(6.626x10-34*3x108)/656.89x10-9= 3.03x10-19
1/656.89x10-9 = 11017200((1/nf2 )-(1/ni2 ))
1522324.89 = 11017200((1/nf2 )-(1/ni2 ))
0.1388=((1/nf2 )-(1/ni2 ))
3.03x10-19 /0.1388=2.18x10-18J
Comparisson:

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My calculation matches the constant perfectly, at least
to 8
2 digits. There is no difference in the magnitudes of the values to
be discussed as the value is identical (except I recived a positive value).

1522324.89 = 11017200((1/nf2 )-(1/ni2 ))

0.1388=((1/nf2 )-(1/ni2 ))
3.03x10-19 /0.1388=2.18x10-18J
Comparisson:

My calculation matches the constant perfectly, at least up to 2 digits. There is no difference in the magnitudes of the values to
be discussed as the value is identical (except I recived a positive value).

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b ends

Note: All sections of this

eport must be typed.

any part of this lab report, and that all

work. Failure to sign this declaration

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4 pts

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