Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Atoms

Question:

The colour of the second line of Balmer series is

Options:

Blue

Yellow

Red

Violet

Correct Answer:

Blue

Explanation:

As we know,
second line of Balmer series observed when electron emits from 4th orbit to second orbit and wavelength of such line is
λ=ΔE/hc=E4E2/hc=486.1nm,
which belongs to blue-green colour.