An astronomer finds a new absorption line with ? = 164.1 nm in the ultraviolet region of the Sun’s continuous spectrum. He attributes the line to hydrogen’s Lyman series. Is he right? Justify your answer.
The Lyman series is given by the expession of the
wavelength
where, n = 2, 3, 4,5....... And
. And, so, the maximum wavelength is when, n = 2. So, putting, n =
2, we get
So, it can't be in Hydrogen's Lyman series. So, he is not
right.
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