Rydberg Formula - Rydberg Formula For Hydrogen

Rydberg Formula For Hydrogen

Where

is the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation emitted in vacuum,
is the Rydberg constant, approximately 1.097 * 107 m-1,
and are integers greater than or equal to 1 such that and .

By setting to 1 and letting run from 2 to infinity, the spectral lines known as the Lyman series converging to 91 nm are obtained, in the same manner:

n1 n2 Name Converge toward
1 2 → ∞ Lyman series   91.13 nm (UV)
2 3 → ∞ Balmer series  364.51 nm (Visible)
3 4 → ∞ Paschen series  820.14 nm (IR)
4 5 → ∞ Brackett series 1458.03 nm (Far IR)
5 6 → ∞ Pfund series 2278.17 nm (Far IR)
6 7 → ∞ Humphreys series 3280.56 nm (Far IR)

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