NEET2011PhysicsAtomic PhysicsActual
The series corresponding to minimum wavelength transition in H -atom
Options
- ABalmer series
- BLyman series
- CPaschen series
- DBrackett series
Correct answer
B. Lyman series
Step-by-step solution
Lyman series is obtained when an electron jumps to the first orbit (n₁=1 ) from any outer orbit (n₂=2,3,4 ) 1 =R Z [ 1 n₁^2 - 1 n₂^2 ] For H, Z=1 and R is the Rydberg's constant R=1.097 10^7 ~m ⁻¹ . In this series, the shortest wavelength or the limit of this series (For n₁=1 and n₂= ) is nearly =911 Å