Hydrogen atom is excited from ground state to another state with principal quantum number equal to 4. Then the number of spectral lines in the emission spectra will be
- (A)2
- (B)3
- (C)5
- (D)6✓ Correct
Answer: (D)
Solution
Raised to the level , the electron can fall back through every allowed pair of levels at or below . The number of distinct downward transitions, and so of emission lines, is ; with this is spectral lines.
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