Which transition in the hydrogen spectrum would have the same wavelength as the Balmer type transition from $\mathrm{n=4}$ to $\mathrm{n}=2$ of $\mathrm{He}^{+}$ spectrum
Solution
$\mathrm{He}^{+}$ion :
<br/><br/>$$
\begin{aligned}
& \frac{1}{\lambda(\mathrm{H})}=\mathrm{R}(1)^2\left[\frac{1}{\mathrm{n}_1^2}-\frac{1}{\mathrm{n}_2^2}\right] \\\\
& \frac{1}{\lambda\left(\mathrm{He}^{+}\right)}=\mathrm{R}(2)^2\left[\frac{1}{2^2}-\frac{1}{4^2}\right] \\\\
& \text { Given } \lambda(\mathrm{H})=\lambda\left(\mathrm{He}^{+}\right) \\\\
& \mathrm{R}(1)^2\left[\frac{1}{\mathrm{n}_1^2}-\frac{1}{\mathrm{n}_2^2}\right]=\mathrm{R}(4)\left[\frac{1}{2^2}-\frac{1}{4^2}\right] \\\\
& \frac{1}{\mathrm{n}_1^2}-\frac{1}{\mathrm{n}_2^2}=\frac{1}{1^2}-\frac{1}{2^2}
\end{aligned}
$$
<br/><br/>On comparing $\mathrm{n}_1=1 $ and $ \mathrm{n}_2=2$.
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Subject: Chemistry · Chapter: Atomic Structure · Topic: Bohr's Model
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