Question

It is possible for an excited hydrogen atom to return to the ground state by the emission of a single photon. regardless of the initial excited state, this electron transition produces a spectral line in which region of the electromagnetic spectrum?
1. ultraviolet
2. infrared
3. visible light
4. radio waves

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Ultraviolet

Explanation:

This is called the Balmer series. Transitions ending in the ground state (n = 1) are called the Lyman series, but the energies released are so large that the spectral lines are all in the ultraviolet region of the spectrum.