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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 12 - Atoms
  • JEE Mains 2024
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The ratio of the shortest wavelength of Balmer series to the shortest wavelength of Lyman series for hydrogen atom is _______.

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(A) \(4: 1\)

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\(\frac{1}{\lambda}=\mathrm{Rz}^2\left(\frac{1}{\mathrm{n}_1^2}-\frac{1}{\mathrm{n}_2^2}\right)\)

\(\frac{1}{\lambda_{\mathrm{L}}}=\mathrm{Rz}^2\left(\frac{1}{1^2}\right)\)

\(\frac{1}{\lambda_{\mathrm{B}}}=\mathrm{Rz}^2\left(\frac{1}{2^2}\right)\)

\(\frac{\lambda_{\mathrm{B}}}{\lambda_{\mathrm{I}}}=4: 1\)

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