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Ch.5 - Periodicity & Electronic Structure of Atoms

Chapter 5, Problem 124

Orbital energies in single-electron atoms or ions, such as He+, can be described with an equation similar to the Balmer–Rydberg equation:

where Z is the atomic number. What wavelength of light in nanometers is emitted when the electron in He+ falls from n = 3 to n = 2?

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