What is Rydberg's Constant?
Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2017 4:07 pm
by Adriana Rangel 1A
Hi, I am a bit confused on what is Rydberg's Constant, is it 3.29x10^15? Because I watched a video on Khan Academy and R is 1.097x10^7? And when you google "Rydberg's Constant" that is what comes up
Re: What is Rydberg's Constant?
Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2017 5:17 pm
by Abigail Yap 2K
I believe these different values for the Rydberg's Constant are equivalent, simply differing in their units. The 3.28 x 10^15 value is in Hz, and the 1.09 x 10^7 is in m-1. We use the first value for the equation E = -hR/n^2.