Question

The Balmer series for the hydrogen atom corresponds to electronic transitions that terminate in the state with quantum number n = 2 as shown in the figure below. Consider the photon of longest wavelength corresponding to a transition shown in the figure.

 (a) Determine its energy 

 (b) Determine its wavelength 

Consider the spectral line of shortest wavelength corresponding to a transition shown in the figure 

 (c) Find its photon energy 

 (d) Find its wavelength 

 (e) What is the shortest possible wavelength in the Balmer series?

Answer 1