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Q.

Whenever a hydrogen atom emits a photon in the Balmer series

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a

it need not emit any more photon

b

it may emit another photon in the Paschen series

c

it must emit another photon in the Lyman series

d

it may emit another photon in the Balmer series

answer is C.

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Any transition in the Balmer series that emits a photon must stop at n=2. The change from n=2 to n=1 must come next, releasing a photon with an energy of 10.2 eV and a wavelength of roughly 122 nm. This belongs to the Lyman series.

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