Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 31 - Atomic Physics - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 1112: 7

Answer

$121.5nm,102.6nm,97.23nm$

Work Step by Step

We can find the three longest wavelength lines of Lyman series as follows: $\lambda=1/R(1-\frac{1}{n^2})$ Now we plug in the known values to obtain: $\lambda_2=(1)/1.097\times 10^7(1-\frac{1}{2^2})=121.5nm$ $\lambda_3=(1)/1.097\times 10^7(1-\frac{1}{3^2})=102.6nm$ $\lambda_4=(1)/1.097\times 10^7(1-\frac{1}{4^2})=97.23nm$
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