Name:

Student ID:

Quiz Section: AH

Sophia Gillmer

1533496

Lab Partner: Isaiah

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: 10 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

396.07
409.17
432.07
484.36
654.72

7
6
5
4
3

(x 10-3nm-1)
2.52
2.44
2.31
2.06
1.53

0.020
0.0278
0.0400
0.0625
0.111

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

Hydrogen Lamp Emission

.Properly label your graph (labels for axes, including units, and a title)
2
f(x)and
= -R10.9142169447x
+ 2.7423769775
Include a trendline and its equation
value on your graph.
This is done by right-clicking on one of the data points
= 0.9999430438
on your graph and choosing "AddRTrendline"
from the drop down menu. The first tab asks what type of trendline you
. wish to use, and the Options tab allows you to include the trendline equation and R 2 value

Type your calculations for RH in (m-1) from the Excel-determined slope and y-intercept. (2 pts)
RH from the slope:
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-10.914

Type your calculations for RH in (m-1) from the Excel-determined slope and y-intercept. (2 pts)
RH from the slope:
-10.914
RH from the y-intercept:
2.7424

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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)

1.09E+07
1.05E+07
1.08E+07
1.09E+07
1.10E+07

% Error
0.591% Error
3.950% Error
1.59% Error
.510% Error
.0510% Error

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 computer gave me the closest accuracy. I imagine this is due to the accuracy of the computer's math that does not make
human error. The precise number makes it easier to get a number closer to the Rydberg constant. I also found that the y
intercept Rh constant was more accurate than the slope Rh constant in both the Exel and In-lab. The slope is most likely more
correct because the slope is the distance between two points and the y intercept is only one point. The y-intercept leaves room
for less mathematical error.

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 JIn other words, combine and rearrange (without using any numbers) the
Ephoton and 1/ equations to derive the relationship between the Rydberg constant and the 2.18 x 10 -18 J constant. Once the
relationship is defined in variables, use your experimentally-determined Rydberg constant to calculate your experimental valu
for the constant in the energy level change equation (should be close to 2.18 x 10-18 J). Then 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 discuss the different signs with these values).
(3 pts)
hc*RH(((1/nf^2)-(1/ni^2))^2)=-2.18x10^-18 J
1.986x10^-25Jm*10979600m^-1*((1/4)-(1/9))^2=4.206x10^-20 J
The magnitudes are off because my Rydberg constant is slightly bigger, and even though my math was close, the magnitude
the area gets bigger when multiplying such small, specific numbers.

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1.986x10^-25Jm*10979600m^-1*((1/4)-(1/9))^2=4.206x10^-20 J
The magnitudes are off because my Rydberg constant is slightly bigger, and even though my math was close, the magnitude
the area gets bigger when multiplying such small, specific numbers.

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b ends

ote: All sections of this

eport must be typed.

any part of this lab report, and that all

work. Failure to sign this declaration

ropriate size)

4 pts

g on one of the data points

hat type of trendline you

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, and calculated the percent

nd drawbacks for the different

puter's math that does not make

stant. I also found that the y
ab. The slope is most likely more
point. The y-intercept leaves room

o another in a hydrogen atom (Eqn

lue, calculate an experimental

without using any numbers) the

18 x 10 -18 J constant. Once the
calculate your experimental value
en compare your calculated
magnitudes of the values (for the
(3 pts)

math was close, the magnitude of

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math was close, the magnitude of

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