## Spectral Series

H-Atom ($E_{n}=-\frac{hR}{n^{2}}$)

Andrew Wang 1C
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### Spectral Series

I was going over the solution to #15 in Focus 1A of the textbook, which said that each spectral series has its own lower energy level (Lyman is n=1, Balmer n=2, etc.). So this got me curious if each of the spectral series also corresponds with one region of the electromagnetic spectrum?

Kareena Patel 1G
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### Re: Spectral Series

The series do have specific ranges on the spectrum, but they don't correspond with one region such as UV or visible light. For example the Balmer series ranges from 365 nm to ~656 nm.

Lesly Lopez 3A
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### Re: Spectral Series

I have a hard time explaining it so I put a URL to a graph that makes this more understandable: https://haygot.s3.amazonaws.com/questions/365508_171741_ans.gif Hope it helps!