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nucleus (+)
electron (-)
Atomic Spectrum
Prism
White light is made
up of all the colors of
the visible spectrum.
Passing it through a
prism separates it.
Wavelength (nm)
excited state 410 nm 486 nm 656 nm
434 nm
Slits Prism
ground state
6
5
4
Energy of photon
3
2
depends on the
1
difference in energy
nucleus levels
Bohrs calculated
energies matched the
IR, visible, and UV
lines for the H atom
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Other Elements
Helium
Bohrs calculations only worked for
hydrogen!
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Bohrs Experiment
Kelter, Carr, Scott, Chemistry A Wolrd of Choices 1999, page 76 Animation by Raymond Chang All rights reserved.
(a) Electronic absorption transition
gas
absorption spectrum
hot source
emission spectrum
Hydrogen Spectral Lines
Lyman series Balmer series Paschen series
(ultraviolet) (visible) (infrared)
Frequency 1016 1015 1014
(hertz)
n= 765 4 3 2 1
HYDROGEN SPECTRAL LINES (ultraviolet)
(visible)
(infrared)
ionization
IR
E6
region
E5
656 nm
E4
E3
A B C D
486 nm
Paschen (IR)
E2
A B C D E
Energy
434 nm
Balmer (Visible)
410 nm
UV
region
E1
A B C D E F