Class 12 Physics simulations · Atoms

Hydrogen emission spectrum

Select a transition and calculate the emitted spectral line.

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What to notice

Transitions to n = 2 form the Balmer series.

Key relation

1/λ = R(1/nf² − 1/ni²)

Try this

Compare transitions from n = 3 and n = 6 to n = 2.

What you can change

• Initial level: 3 to 6
• Final level: 1 to 2

More in Atoms

• Bohr’s atomic model
• Bohr orbits and electron waves
• Hydrogen energy-level ladder
• Spectral lines of hydrogen-like ions
• Rutherford alpha scattering

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