@borderm3 That's a tricky thing to explain. Basically, they get "excited" by absorbing some energy, and then quickly lose just a bit of energy and move over into a "new" state that is still above the excited state. Then it takes a long time to get back down. Think of it like rolling a ball up a hill, the ball might start back down, but it could roll across the hill a bit and get stuck in a little depression.
@borderm3 Well, most orbitals are probably best thought of as hybrid ones (especially in substances rather than in single isolated atoms). The fact that they're hybridized isn't particularly special, it is more important what energies they are at. You need an empty one (unoccupied) for the electron to jump up to, and then fall down into and get stuck, both need to be at least slightly higher than the ground state.
Actually, green is the wavelength of light that is easiest for humans to see. However, orange is much easier to spot when in contrast to the green of plants.
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llRihannall 1 year ago
Chemically/Physically, Why does it take longer for the phosphorescence atoms longer to de-excite back to their ground state electron configuration?
borderm3 1 year ago
@borderm3 That's a tricky thing to explain. Basically, they get "excited" by absorbing some energy, and then quickly lose just a bit of energy and move over into a "new" state that is still above the excited state. Then it takes a long time to get back down. Think of it like rolling a ball up a hill, the ball might start back down, but it could roll across the hill a bit and get stuck in a little depression.
sciencetheater 1 year ago
@sciencetheater Anything to do with hybrid orbitals?
borderm3 1 year ago
@borderm3 Well, most orbitals are probably best thought of as hybrid ones (especially in substances rather than in single isolated atoms). The fact that they're hybridized isn't particularly special, it is more important what energies they are at. You need an empty one (unoccupied) for the electron to jump up to, and then fall down into and get stuck, both need to be at least slightly higher than the ground state.
sciencetheater 1 year ago
You're amazing man.
Subbed and 5/5.
PvPisHard 2 years ago
what is the video at 0:05 ??
vadaniel 2 years ago
That's episode #2, "Photons of Light"....
sciencetheater 2 years ago
wow very good.pretty helpful.
thinkinginfog 3 years ago
thanks for this video. I had to do a project and this helped ALOT
ander45 3 years ago
Glad to help!
sciencetheater 3 years ago
Actually, green is the wavelength of light that is easiest for humans to see. However, orange is much easier to spot when in contrast to the green of plants.
sciencetheater 3 years ago
hunters use orange for saftey cause there easy to see
sliptodaknot91 3 years ago
great
0Sebek0 4 years ago