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EMISSION SPECTRUM OF HYDROGEN :
When hydrogen gas at low pressure is taken in the discharge tube and the light emitted on passing
electric discharge is examined with a spectroscope, the spectrum obtained is called the emission
spectrum of hydrogen.
eV n2
n22
– 13.6 Z2 n1
2
eV
n1
photon
13.6 Z2 –13.6 Z2 1 1
Energy of emitted photon = (E)n2 n1 = – – = 13.6Z2 2 – 2
n22 2
n1 n1 n2
Wavelength of emitted photon
hc hc 1 13.6 Z 2 1 1
= = = 2 – 2
( E)n2 n1 1 1 hc n1 n2
13.6 Z2 2 – 2
n
1 n2
1 1 1
Wave number, = = RZ2 2 – 2
n
1 n2
13.6 eV
R = Rydberg constant = 1.09678 × 107m–1 ; R ~ 1.1 × 107 m–1 ; R = ; R ch = 13.6 eV
hc
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