For atomic hydrogen calculate the frequency of the photon released when an electron makes a transition from the 4th state to the 2nd state.
For atomic hydrogen calculate the frequency of the photon released when an electron makes a transition from the 4th state to the 2nd state.
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Concept and Principle:
- Electrons are capeable of moving from one state to another. When an electron in a higher state comes down to a lower state it will do so by releasing a photon. This creates emission lines.
- The wavelength of the emitted photon is given by the Rydberg formula,
Here R∞ is the Rydberg constant and has a value of 1.097373 × 107 m-1, and n1 and n2 are the states in which transition takes place.
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