Lyman series electron

According to modern theories the when an electron get excited by absorbing energy from the external source it goes to the higher orbit and after the time of approximately 10-8 seconds it returns to its original orbit, in the process it emits the absorbed energy in the form of electromagnetic radiation, when these radiation are passed from the spectrometer some lines are observed these lines are called spectral lines. If we s study the spectrum of hydrogen atom so obtained we find a lot of spectral lines these lines can be divided into various series, the first series is called the Lyman series , followed by Balmer , Paschen , Bracket and Pfund series. These series are formed due to the transition of electrons from the higher shell to the lower shell, this type of spectrum is called the emission spectrum. The Lyman series is formed when electron come backs from the higher shell to the ground state that is the first shell. The first line of the Lyman series is formed when an electron jumps from the 2 shell to the first shell, the second and third line of the Lyman series is formed when electrons come from the 3 and the four shell to the ground state respectively.

The wavelength corresponding to the different lines of the Lyman series are given by the formula

1/ =R [(1/n12) - (1/n22)]
Where R= Rydbergs constant =1. 097*107 m-1 = wave length of the spectral line n1 = number of shell to which electrons come back after transition n2 = is the number of shell from which the electron jumps to the lower shell

For Lyman series

The value of n1 =1 values of n2 =1, 2, 3.. For example the wavelength of the first line of the Lyman series can be calculated as follows: 1/

=1.097*107 *[1/12-1/22] =1.097 *107[1/1-1/4] =1.097*107[3/4] =8.22*106 m-1 = (1/8.22)*10-6m-1 =1.2165 *10-7 m 1216.5 A0 (Angstrom)