Calculate the wave number for the second line of the

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2022-05-02

Calculate the wave number for the second line of the Palmer series

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Simone Ali

Simone Ali

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Balmer series starts with n=2.
For Balmer series,
v ¯ = R [ 1 2 2 1 n 2 ]
For second line, n=4,
v ¯ = ( 109677 c m 1 ) [ 1 2 2 1 4 2 ] = 20564.43   c m 1
Therefore, the wave number is = 20564.43   c m 1

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