Lyman and Balmer
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Re: Lyman and Balmer
The Lyman series is the ultraviolet region and the Balmer series is the visible region. In the Balmer series, the spectral emission lines result from energy transitions between higher energy levels down until the 2nd energy level (astronomy.swin.edu). In the Lyman series, the spectral emission lines result from energy transitions between higher energy levels down until the 1st energy level.
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Re: Lyman and Balmer
In addition to these, it may be relevant for you to know about the paschen (n=3), brackett (n=4), and pfund (n=5) series.
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Re: Lyman and Balmer
In Lyman series, the wavelengths range from 10 nm to 400 nm, because they are associated with UV light, while in the Balmer series, the wavelengths range from 700 nm to 400 nm, because they are associated with visible light. Moreover, for Lyman series, electrons go from higher to lower energy to n=1, while for Balmer, electrons go down to n=2.
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