Whenever a hydrogen atom emits a photon in the Balmer series |
It need not emit any more photon It may emit another photon in the Paschen series It must emit another photon in the Lyman series It may emit another photon in the Balmer series |
It must emit another photon in the Lyman series |
Since in spectral series of hydrogen atom, Lymen series lies lower Balmer series. Any transition causing a photon to be emitted in the Balmer series must end at n=2. This must be followed by the transition from n=2 to n=1, emitting a photon of energy 10.2 eV, which corresponds to a wavelength of about 122 nm. This belongs to the Lyman series. |