Energy levels

[Algernon Jackson 2l]

Do we need to know any of the other series, other than Balmer and Lyman?

[Crystal Yu 1D]

I think in lecture, Professor Lavelle said we just needed to know:
UV corresponds to n = 1 (Lyman goes from n=1 to n=2)
visible corresponds to n = 2 (Balmer goes from n=2 to n=3)
infrared corresponds to n = 3
I hope this helps! :)

[Melis Kasaba 2B]

Like Crystal said, it would probably be good to also memorize the infrared (Paschen) series, just in case.

[gabbi_r2C]

I agree with the above responses about which energy levels correspond with which type of EMR, but technically Lymann series is any drop (as far as 14A will have to deal with, that is) that goes down to n=1, Balmer is any drop down to n=2, and Paschen is any down to n=3.