What is the wavelength of light emitted | Class 11 Chemistry Chapter Structure of Atom, Structure of Atom NCERT Solutions

Question:

What is the wavelength of light emitted when the electron in a hydrogen atom undergoes transition from an energy level with n = 4 to an energy level with n = 2?

Answer:

According to Balmer formula

Wave no = RH [1/n12 – 1/n22]

Here n1 = 2 ,       n2 = 4,     RH = 109678

Putting these values in the equation we get

Wave number =109678(1/22 - ¼2) = 109678 x 3/16

Also λ = 1/ wave number

Therefore λ = 16 / 109678 x 3 = 486 nm


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Comments

  • Teju k b
  • 2019-07-17 20:40:18

How answer obtained ?


  • Jeet
  • 2019-06-11 17:05:47

All thing are ok fools


  • Naveen
  • 2018-12-16 22:21:20

Good but we can obtain the value by energy formula....Or not.Rh value explain please....


  • Vivek singh
  • 2018-10-22 15:30:08

What is the colour


  • Vinay Agrawal
  • 2018-09-23 16:23:59

Calculations are incorrect


  • Chandransh
  • 2018-07-18 11:58:48

Why the value of rh is taken as 109678


  • Shruti kumari
  • 2018-06-19 21:26:39

Why rh is 109678


  • hashir
  • 2018-04-29 21:26:36

unit is cm or nm


  • neeta
  • 2017-10-02 20:13:18

Why RH value is taken as 109678?


  • Tushar
  • 2017-08-30 20:22:08

How there comes 10 on last line and where is 3 ???


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