Exercise21:ThelineoflongestwavelengthintheultravioletLymanseries

iscalledLyman line.Calculateitswavenumber,wavelengthand
frequency(to6significantfigures).(Settingn1=1yieldingLymanseries.)
Solution:
TheLymanseriescorrespondston1=1,andthelongestwavelengthinthe
Th
L
i
d t 1 1 d th l
t
l th i th
seriesoccursforthesmallestn2,n2=2.
Therefore,
Therefore
1/ =wavenumber =109.677.6X(11/4)=82258.2cm1
=1.21568

1.21568x10
x 105 cm
cm =121.568nm
121.568 nm
=c/ =(2.99792x1010 cms1)(82258.2cm1)=2.46604x1015 Hz

Exercise22:Calculatethewavelengthofaphotonemittedduringatransition
g
p
g
betweenn=1andn=2levelsforHatom.(ThecorrespondingE1 andE2 canbe
foundonslide19)
Someconstants:
1V=1JC1,e(thechargeontheelectron)=1.602x1019C(Coulomb)
1eV=1.602x1019J(Joule);h=6.6261x1034 Js;c=2.9979x108 ms1
Solution:
E=E2E1 =3.4eV (13.6eV)=10.2eV =10.2x1.602x1019J
=1 634 x 1018J
=1.634x10
J
E=h=hc/,therefore
=hc/E=(6.6261x1034 Js)(2.9979x108 ms1 )/16.34x1018 J
=(1.9865x1025 Jm)/16.34x1018 J
=0.12157x107 m=121.57nm
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