Find the wavelength of the photon emitted when a hydrogen atom goes from n = 10 state to the ground state.
Chapter 1
Q. 1.2
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The wavelength in Angstrom units is given by,\lambda =\frac{12,400}{E_{2}-E_{1} }
Since the hydrogen atom goes from n = 10 state to the ground state,\lambda =\frac{12,400}{E_{10}-E_{1} }
The energy of the 10^{th} state is E_{10}=\frac{-13.6}{10^{2} }=-0.136eV.
The energy in the ground state is E_{1}=-13.6eV.
Thus the wavelength of the emitted photon =\frac{12,400}{-0.136-(-13.6)}=920.97 Å