Question

The total energy of an electron in an atom in an orbit is –3.4 eV. Its kinetic and potential energies are, respectively:

(1) –3.4 eV, –3.4 eV

(2) –3.4 eV, –6.8 eV

(3) 3.4 eV, –6.8 eV

(4) 3.4 eV, 3.4 eV

Comments

Atoms, atomic spectra and spectral series