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AURORKA [14]
4 years ago
7

Explain why a single atom of hydrogen cannot produce all four hydrogen spectral lines simultaneously.

Chemistry
1 answer:
brilliants [131]4 years ago
7 0
<span>When the electron in a hydrogen atom transitions from a high energy state to a lower energy state, the energy lost from the electron is used to produce a photon corresponding to the loss of energy. That photon will correspond to exactly 1 wavelength. And since a hydrogen atom has only 1 electron, at any given moment, it can only produce 1 photon. And in order to simultaneously produce 4 photons for 4 spectral lines, that would require a simultaneous transition of 4 electrons which is 3 too many for a hydrogen atom.</span>
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