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The energy liberated when an excited electron returns to its ground state can have:

A

any value from zero to infinity

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B

only negative values

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only specified positive values

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none of the above

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The correct option is C only specified positive values
The energy liberated when an excited electron returns to its ground state can have only specified positive values which corresponds to the energy difference between excited state and ground state. Such value cannot be negative.

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