5. Using the Balmer formula calculate the wavelength of the photon when 1=5.

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5. Using the Balmer formula calculate the wavelength of the photon when
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Concept and Principle:
  • Balmer lines are spectral lines of hydrogen when the electron transitions from a higher level to the 2nd level.

 

  • Balmer by trial and error found the wavelengths of the spectral lines and formed the Balmer formula given by,

λ=(364.5 nm)(n2n222)

Here 364.5 nm is the series limit of the Balmer lines and n is the energy level from which the electron falls back to 2.

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