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WBJEE · Chemistry · Structure of Atom

The emission spectrum of hydrogen discovered first and the region of the electromagnetic spectrum in which it belongs, respectively are

  1. A Lyman, ultraviolet
  2. B Lyman, visible
  3. C Balmer, ultraviolet
  4. D Balmer, visible
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(D) Balmer, visible

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In 1885 , Balmer for the first time showed that the wave numbers of spectral lines present in the visible region in hydrogen spectrum are given by \[ \bar{v}\left(\mathrm{cm}^{-1}\right)=109677\left(\frac{1}{(2)^{2}}-\frac{1}{n^{2}}\right) \] Here, \(n=3,4,5, \ldots\) Thus,…