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All textbooksBrown 14th EditionCh.6 - Electronic Structure of AtomsProblem 91a

Chapter 6, Problem 91a

The series of emission lines of the hydrogen atom for which nf = 3 is called the Paschen series. (a) Determine the region of the electromagnetic spectrum in which the lines of the Paschen series are observed.

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Hey everyone in this example, we have a passion series and we need to figure out where this lies on our electromagnetic spectrum if the emission line has a final energy level being at the third energy level, so what we need to recall is that our passion series should occur in the infrared portion of our electoral magnetic spectrum, meaning we should admit infrared light Based on our emission line being at the 3rd energy level. And so the final answer choice would be choice C stating that the infrared region of our electromagnetic spectrum would be admitted from our Passion series being at the final energy level Of the Energy Level three. So if you have any questions, please leave them down below and I will see everyone in the next practice video.
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