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Hydrogen spectrum
Question

In the line spectra of hydrogen atom, difference between the largest and the shortest wavelenths of the Lyman series is 304  A0. The corresponding difference for the Paschan series in A0  is : ___________ .

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Solution

Largest wavelength   minimum energy and vice-versa.
Lyman
1λmax=R112-122λmax=43R1λmin=R112-12λmin=1Rλmax-λmin=13R=304A0

Paschen

1λmax=R132-142λmax=16×97R1λmin=R132-12λmin=9Rλmax-λmin=817R=817×3×304 A0=10553.14 A0

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