Comments on: What is the "transition corresponding to the third line in the Lyman series of the hydrogen emission spectr? http://london-lez.org/emission/what-is-the-transition-corresponding-to-the-third-line-in-the-lyman-series-of-the-hydrogen-emission-spectr Tue, 22 May 2012 03:58:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: joeyeehung http://london-lez.org/emission/what-is-the-transition-corresponding-to-the-third-line-in-the-lyman-series-of-the-hydrogen-emission-spectr/comment-page-1#comment-3461 joeyeehung Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:02:59 +0000 http://london-lez.org/emission/what-is-the-transition-corresponding-to-the-third-line-in-the-lyman-series-of-the-hydrogen-emission-spectr#comment-3461 Whenever an electron drop from a higher energy level to the lowest energy level ( n = 1), a spectral line will form in the Lymann series. The first line corresponds to the transition from n = 2 to n = 1. The second line corresponds to the transition from n=3 to n=1. The third line corresponds to the transition from n=4 to n=1 ....... and so on. You can expand it to include the Balmer series . For Balmer series, the electron must drop to n=2. So, the first line in Balmer series is the transition from n=3 to n=2, ...........and so on<br><b>References : </b><br> Whenever an electron drop from a higher energy level to the lowest energy level ( n = 1), a spectral line will form in the Lymann series.

The first line corresponds to the transition from n = 2 to n = 1.
The second line corresponds to the transition from n=3 to n=1.
The third line corresponds to the transition from n=4 to n=1
……. and so on.

You can expand it to include the Balmer series .
For Balmer series, the electron must drop to n=2.
So, the first line in Balmer series is the transition from n=3 to n=2,
………..and so on
References :

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