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What is the wavelength of the photon emitted when an electron in hydrogen atom jumps from an equal to 4 equal to an equal to 2?

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Answered by anamayp2001
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According to Balmer formula

Wave no = RH [1/n12 – 1/n22]

Here n1 = 2 ,       n2 = 4,     RH = 109678

Putting these values in the equation we get

Wave number =109678(1/22 - ¼2) = 109678 x 3/16

Also λ = 1/ wave number

Therefore λ = 16 / 109678 x 3 = 486 nm

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