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Explain how the emission of light occurs in a hydrogen discharge lamp. You should refer to the electronic structure of the atom, and how the movement of electrons results in the emission of photons.

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The Bohr and de Broglie models of the hydrogen atom both predictthe same emission spectra.

Which statement best explains why the emitted photons have thesame energy?

Question 3 options:

In each model there is a nucleus where the protons arefound.

In each model the electronic energy levels are quantized withexactly the same spacing.

In each model photons change the electron's energy

Both models assume the electron is a particle.

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