Question

A hydrogen atom that has an electron in the n=1state absorbs a photon. What wavelength must the photon possess to send the electron to the n=4 state?

wavelength:

nm

What possible wavelengths would be detected in the spectral lines that result from the deexcitation of the atom as it returns from n=4\ to the ground state? Classify each wavelength as either possible or not possible.

Answer Bank:

821nm

656nm

1460nm

103nm

365nm

122nm

486nm

1880nm

91.2nm

97.3nm

Possible:

Not possible:

Answer 1

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