Chemical Principles
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Author: Steven S. Zumdahl, Donald J. DeCoste
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Chapter 12, Problem 147AE
The figure below represents part of the emission spectrumfor a one-electron ion in the gas phase. All the linesresult from electronic transitions from excited states tothe
a. What electronic transitions correspond to lines Aand B?
b. If the wavelength of line B is 142.5 nm, calculate the wavelength of line A.
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