Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 38 - Quantization - Exercises and Problems - Page 1154: 61

Answer

a) ${\bf 0.362}\;\rm m $ b) $\bf 0.000368\;\rm nm$

Work Step by Step

We know that the wavelengths in the hydrogen spectrum are given by $$\lambda_{n\rightarrow m}=\dfrac{\lambda_0}{\dfrac{1}{m^2}-\dfrac{1}{n^2}}$$ where $m=1,2,3,...$, and $n=m+1,m+2,m+3,...$ and $\lambda_0=91.18\;\rm nm$ $$\lambda_{n\rightarrow m}=\dfrac{91.18\;\rm nm}{\dfrac{1}{m^2}-\dfrac{1}{n^2}}\tag 1$$ $$\color{blue}{\bf [a]}$$ Using (1); for $200\rightarrow 199$ $$\lambda_{200\rightarrow 199}=\dfrac{(91.18\times 10^{-9})}{\dfrac{1}{199^2}-\dfrac{1}{200^2}}=\color{red}{\bf 0.362}\;\rm m $$ $$\color{blue}{\bf [a]}$$ Using (1); for $199\rightarrow 2$; $$\lambda_{199\rightarrow 2}=\dfrac{(91.18\times 10^{-9})}{\dfrac{1}{2^2}-\dfrac{1}{199^2}}=\color{blue}{\bf 3.64757\times 10^{-7}}\;\rm m $$ andfor $200\rightarrow 2$; $$\lambda_{200\rightarrow 2}=\dfrac{(91.18\times 10^{-9})}{\dfrac{1}{2^2}-\dfrac{1}{200^2}}=\color{blue}{\bf 3.64756\times 10^{-7}}\;\rm m $$ Hence, the difference between the two wavelengths emitted; $$\Delta \lambda=\lambda_{199\rightarrow 2}-\lambda_{200\rightarrow 2} $$ $$\Delta \lambda=\color{red}{\bf 3.67548\times 10^{-13}}\;\rm m$$
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