Emission and Absorption Spectrum

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Emission and Absorption Spectrum: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as Wavelength, Rydberg Constant, Hydrogen Spectrum, Lyman Series, Balmer Series, Paschen Series, Brackett Series, Pfund Series, Humphreys Series, Recoil Speed of Hydrogen like Atom after Emission of a Photon, etc.

Important Questions on Emission and Absorption Spectrum

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Franck-Hertz experiment is performed using an accelerating potential of 8.0 V in a tube containing mercury vapour. The energy levels of mercury are shown in the figure. Assume the mercury atoms to be initially in their ground states.

________________ 10.4eV

________________  8.8eV

________________  6.7eV

________________  4.9eV

 

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After passing through the gas, electrons can have energies

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Hydrogen alpha emission line emitted from a galaxy, corresponding to Balmer series transition from n=3 to n=2, is found to be Doppler shifted to 652.4nm. It can be concluded that the galaxy is

R=1.097×107 m-1

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What is an absorbance spectrum used for?

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What is absorption spectrum and emission spectrum?

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What is an absorption spectrum ?

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Blue colour of the sky is due to

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The frequency of radio waves from a certain radio station is 600 KHz. Its wavelength is

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The ratio of wavelengths of the last line of Balmer series and the last line of Lyman series is

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Which of the following properties of atom could be explained correctly by Thomson model of atom?

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Humphrey series in the hydrogen spectrum is obtained as a result of the jump of electrons from nl=6 to nh=7,8,9,10....

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 The series of hydrogen that lies in the infrared region of electromagnetic spectrum is _____ series.

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Briefly explain Humphrey series.

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Name spectral series of hydrogen which lies in the infrared region of electromagnetic spectrum.

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Which of the following is/are incorrect for Humphrey lines of hydrogen spectrum?

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The shortest wavelength of the Lyman series of hydrogen spectrum is obtained during the transition of electrons between which of the following the shells:

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Which of the following is a type of emission spectrum?

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An electron in a hydrogen atom falls from an orbit with principal quantum number n=2 to n=1. What is the wavelength (λ) of the emitted radiation ? (where R denotes the Rydberg constant).

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If the series limit frequency of the Lyman series is vL, then what is the series limit frequency of the Pfund series?

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Who did experimental discovery of the Pfund series?

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What is order of pfund series in atomic sptectra?