Question

Observe the following diagram showing electronic transition in the hydrogen spectrum.

i. Electron jumps from higher energy level to n = 1. Which series does it correspond to?

ii. Electron jumps from higher energy level to n = 4. Which series does it correspond to?

iii. Which transition will give second line of Balmer series?

Answer 1

i. When electron jumps from higher energy level to n = 1, it corresponds to Lyman series. 

ii. When electron jumps from higher energy level to n = 1, it corresponds to Bracket series. 

iii. When electron jumps from n = 4 to n = 1, the second line of Balmer series is observed.