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The Franck-Hertz Experiment

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	When the current was accelerated to a voltage of 4.9 volts the current sharply dropped. This cause Franck and Hertz to wonder what was taking energy away from the electrons. They concluded that the energy was transported through inelastic collisions between the kinetic energy of the accelerated electrons and the unexcited electrons present in the mercury atoms. The sharp drop of current indicated that there was a threshold for mercury electrons to accept the energy from the accelerated electrons and elevate the mercury electrons to an excited state. The 4.9 volt value corresponds to a photon emission with a strong ultraviolet line. Franck and Hertz also noted that these current drops occurred at multiples of the 4.9 voltage because electrons could be re-excited after they had returned to their unexcited state and emitted a photon, and if an electron had an in-between kinetic energy, only the 4.9 volts required for exciting the mercury electron would be released from accelerated electron, while slower electrons would just bounce off of the mercury electron in an elastic collision and not lose any energy.		When the current was accelerated to a voltage of 4.9 volts the current sharply dropped. This cause Franck and Hertz to wonder what was taking energy away from the electrons. They concluded that the energy was transported through inelastic collisions between the kinetic energy of the accelerated electrons and the unexcited electrons present in the mercury atoms. The sharp drop of current indicated that there was a threshold for mercury electrons to accept the energy from the accelerated electrons and elevate the mercury electrons to an excited state. The 4.9 volt value corresponds to a photon emission with a strong ultraviolet line. Franck and Hertz also noted that these current drops occurred at multiples of the 4.9 voltage because electrons could be re-excited after they had returned to their unexcited state and emitted a photon, and if an electron had an in-between kinetic energy, only the 4.9 volts required for exciting the mercury electron would be released from accelerated electron, while slower electrons would just bounce off of the mercury electron in an elastic collision and not lose any energy.

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	This topic is not directly linked to the software aspect of Computer Science which I study, however it is very applicable to the hardware of light emitting visual machinery. The findings from this experiment would also be critical in the study of Computer Vision which deals with how machinery may perceive photons from its surroundings, which then allows them to analyzed in order to determine a machine's actions. Understanding these concepts may be useful in multiple types of computer electronics even outside of visuals, such as areas dealing with current flows.		This topic is not directly linked to the software aspect of Computer Science which I study, however it is very applicable to the hardware of light emitting visual machinery. The findings from this experiment would also be critical in the study of Computer Vision which deals with how machinery may perceive photons from its surroundings, which then allows them to analyzed in order to determine a machine's actions. Understanding these concepts may be useful in multiple types of computer electronics even outside of visuals, such as areas dealing with current flows.

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Connectedness

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	==Connectedness==		==Connectedness==

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	This topic is not directly linked to the software aspect of Computer Science which I study, however it is very applicable to the hardware of light emitting visual machinery. The findings from this experiment would also be critical in the study of Computer Vision which deals with how machinery may perceive photons from its surroundings, which then allows them to analyzed in order to determine a machine's actions. Understanding these concepts may be useful in multiple types of computer electronics even outside of visuals, such as areas dealing with current flows.		This topic is not directly linked to the software aspect of Computer Science which I study, however it is very applicable to the hardware of light emitting visual machinery. The findings from this experiment would also be critical in the study of Computer Vision which deals with how machinery may perceive photons from its surroundings, which then allows them to analyzed in order to determine a machine's actions. Understanding these concepts may be useful in multiple types of computer electronics even outside of visuals, such as areas dealing with current flows.

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The Franck-Hertz Experiment

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	When the current was accelerated to a voltage of 4.9 volts the current sharply dropped. This cause Franck and Hertz to wonder what was taking energy away from the electrons. They concluded that the energy was transported through inelastic collisions between the kinetic energy of the accelerated electrons and the unexcited electrons present in the mercury atoms. The sharp drop of current indicated that there was a threshold for mercury electrons to accept the energy from the accelerated electrons and elevate the mercury electrons to an excited state. The 4.9 volt value corresponds to a photon emission with a strong ultraviolet line. Franck and Hertz also noted that these current drops occurred at multiples of the 4.9 voltage because electrons could be re-excited after they had returned to their unexcited state and emitted a photon, and if an electron had an in-between kinetic energy, only the 4.9 volts required for exciting the mercury electron would be released from accelerated electron, while slower electrons would just bounce off of the mercury electron in an elastic collision and not lose any energy.		When the current was accelerated to a voltage of 4.9 volts the current sharply dropped. This cause Franck and Hertz to wonder what was taking energy away from the electrons. They concluded that the energy was transported through inelastic collisions between the kinetic energy of the accelerated electrons and the unexcited electrons present in the mercury atoms. The sharp drop of current indicated that there was a threshold for mercury electrons to accept the energy from the accelerated electrons and elevate the mercury electrons to an excited state. The 4.9 volt value corresponds to a photon emission with a strong ultraviolet line. Franck and Hertz also noted that these current drops occurred at multiples of the 4.9 voltage because electrons could be re-excited after they had returned to their unexcited state and emitted a photon, and if an electron had an in-between kinetic energy, only the 4.9 volts required for exciting the mercury electron would be released from accelerated electron, while slower electrons would just bounce off of the mercury electron in an elastic collision and not lose any energy.
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	James Franck was born on August 26th, 1882 in Hamburg, Germany. He studied at the Frederick William University in Berlin, where he received a PhD in 1906. Franck obtained the "venia legend" for physics to lecture at the University of Berlin, where he stayed until 1918. He became the Head of the Physics Division in the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physical Chemistry. He became a professor of Experimental Physics and Director of the 2nd Institute for Experimental Physics at the University of Gottingen. The head of the Institute for Theoretical Physics, Max Brown, worked with him on quantum physics. This is the point when he conducted the famous Franck-Hertz experiment which confirmed the Bohr Model of the atom. Simultaneously he promoted the careers of women in Physics such as Lise Meitner, Hertha Sponer, and Hilde Levi. After the Nazi party assumed power in 1933, Franck resigned from his post in order to help Jewish Scientists find work outside of Germany. He then decided to move himself with his family to Baltimore where he lectured at Johns Hopkins. Following a year working at the Niels Bohr Institute in Denmark, he returned to become a professor of physics at Johns Hopkins. In 1938 he left for Chicago to become a professor of physical chemistry at the University of Chicago. During World War II he served as the Director of the Chemistry Division of the Metallurgical Laboratory, the center for the Manhattan District's Project. He also was the chairman of the Committee on Political and Social Problems, where he wrote the Franck Report, which discouraged the use of the atomic bombs in Japan without warning.		James Franck was born on August 26th, 1882 in Hamburg, Germany. He studied at the Frederick William University in Berlin, where he received a PhD in 1906. Franck obtained the "venia legend" for physics to lecture at the University of Berlin, where he stayed until 1918. He became the Head of the Physics Division in the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physical Chemistry. He became a professor of Experimental Physics and Director of the 2nd Institute for Experimental Physics at the University of Gottingen. The head of the Institute for Theoretical Physics, Max Brown, worked with him on quantum physics. This is the point when he conducted the famous Franck-Hertz experiment which confirmed the Bohr Model of the atom. Simultaneously he promoted the careers of women in Physics such as Lise Meitner, Hertha Sponer, and Hilde Levi. After the Nazi party assumed power in 1933, Franck resigned from his post in order to help Jewish Scientists find work outside of Germany. He then decided to move himself with his family to Baltimore where he lectured at Johns Hopkins. Following a year working at the Niels Bohr Institute in Denmark, he returned to become a professor of physics at Johns Hopkins. In 1938 he left for Chicago to become a professor of physical chemistry at the University of Chicago. During World War II he served as the Director of the Chemistry Division of the Metallurgical Laboratory, the center for the Manhattan District's Project. He also was the chairman of the Committee on Political and Social Problems, where he wrote the Franck Report, which discouraged the use of the atomic bombs in Japan without warning.



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	When the current was accelerated to a voltage of 4.9 volts the current sharply dropped. This cause Franck and Hertz to wonder what was taking energy away from the electrons. They concluded that the energy was transported through inelastic collisions between the kinetic energy of the accelerated electrons and the unexcited electrons present in the mercury atoms. The sharp drop of current indicated that there was a threshold for mercury electrons to accept the energy from the accelerated electrons and elevate the mercury electrons to an excited state. The 4.9 volt value corresponds to a photon emission with a strong ultraviolet line. Franck and Hertz also noted that these current drops occurred at multiples of the 4.9 voltage because electrons could be re-excited after they had returned to their unexcited state and emitted a photon, and if an electron had an in-between kinetic energy, only the 4.9 volts required for exciting the mercury electron would be released from accelerated electron, while slower electrons would just bounce off of the mercury electron in an elastic collision and not lose any energy.		When the current was accelerated to a voltage of 4.9 volts the current sharply dropped. This cause Franck and Hertz to wonder what was taking energy away from the electrons. They concluded that the energy was transported through inelastic collisions between the kinetic energy of the accelerated electrons and the unexcited electrons present in the mercury atoms. The sharp drop of current indicated that there was a threshold for mercury electrons to accept the energy from the accelerated electrons and elevate the mercury electrons to an excited state. The 4.9 volt value corresponds to a photon emission with a strong ultraviolet line. Franck and Hertz also noted that these current drops occurred at multiples of the 4.9 voltage because electrons could be re-excited after they had returned to their unexcited state and emitted a photon, and if an electron had an in-between kinetic energy, only the 4.9 volts required for exciting the mercury electron would be released from accelerated electron, while slower electrons would just bounce off of the mercury electron in an elastic collision and not lose any energy.

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	The Franck-Hertz Experiment demonstrated the existence of excited states in mercury atoms. The experiment was conducted using a device now called a Franck-Hertz apparatus. This device was vacuum sealed glass casing inside which was pumped a voltage which accelerated electrons toward a positively charged grid in the presence of mercury vapor, behind which was another grid with a small negative charge that served as a collection plate. The values of the accelerating voltage where the current dropped suddenly and substantially provided the energy necessary to elevate an electron to an excited state. This experiment confirmed the quantum theory which predicted that there were discrete, quantized energy states which electrons occupied.		The Franck-Hertz Experiment demonstrated the existence of excited states in mercury atoms. The experiment was conducted using a device now called a Franck-Hertz apparatus. This device was vacuum sealed glass casing inside which was pumped a voltage which accelerated electrons toward a positively charged grid in the presence of mercury vapor, behind which was another grid with a small negative charge that served as a collection plate. The values of the accelerating voltage where the current dropped suddenly and substantially provided the energy necessary to elevate an electron to an excited state. This experiment confirmed the quantum theory which predicted that there were discrete, quantized energy states which electrons occupied.



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	When the current was accelerated to a voltage of 4.9 volts the current sharply dropped. This cause Franck and Hertz to wonder what was taking energy away from the electrons. They concluded that the energy was transported through inelastic collisions between the kinetic energy of the accelerated electrons and the unexcited electrons present in the mercury atoms. The sharp drop of current indicated that there was a threshold for mercury electrons to accept the energy from the accelerated electrons and elevate the mercury electrons to an excited state. The 4.9 volt value corresponds to a photon emission with a strong ultraviolet line. Franck and Hertz also noted that these current drops occurred at multiples of the 4.9 voltage because electrons could be re-excited after they had returned to their unexcited state and emitted a photon, and if an electron had an in-between kinetic energy, only the 4.9 volts required for exciting the mercury electron would be released from accelerated electron, while slower electrons would just bounce off of the mercury electron in an elastic collision and not lose any energy.		When the current was accelerated to a voltage of 4.9 volts the current sharply dropped. This cause Franck and Hertz to wonder what was taking energy away from the electrons. They concluded that the energy was transported through inelastic collisions between the kinetic energy of the accelerated electrons and the unexcited electrons present in the mercury atoms. The sharp drop of current indicated that there was a threshold for mercury electrons to accept the energy from the accelerated electrons and elevate the mercury electrons to an excited state. The 4.9 volt value corresponds to a photon emission with a strong ultraviolet line. Franck and Hertz also noted that these current drops occurred at multiples of the 4.9 voltage because electrons could be re-excited after they had returned to their unexcited state and emitted a photon, and if an electron had an in-between kinetic energy, only the 4.9 volts required for exciting the mercury electron would be released from accelerated electron, while slower electrons would just bounce off of the mercury electron in an elastic collision and not lose any energy.

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	This topic is not directly linked to the software aspect of Computer Science which I study, however it is very applicable to the hardware of light emitting visual machinery. The findings from this experiment would also be critical in the study of Computer Vision which deals with how machinery may perceive photons from its surroundings, which then allows them to analyzed in order to determine a machine's actions. Understanding these concepts may be useful in multiple types of computer electronics even outside of visuals, such as areas dealing with current flows.		This topic is not directly linked to the software aspect of Computer Science which I study, however it is very applicable to the hardware of light emitting visual machinery. The findings from this experiment would also be critical in the study of Computer Vision which deals with how machinery may perceive photons from its surroundings, which then allows them to analyzed in order to determine a machine's actions. Understanding these concepts may be useful in multiple types of computer electronics even outside of visuals, such as areas dealing with current flows.