Practice mode Atomic Structure

According to Planck’s quantum theory, energy is emitted or absorbed ____

Correct answer A. discontinuously in small packets called quanta

Explanation

Planck proposed that radiation is emitted or absorbed in discrete units called quanta, each of energy hν. A body can only exchange whole numbers of such quanta, E = nhν.

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