EBK PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS
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Author: GIANCOLI
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Chapter 39, Problem 10P
(a)
To determine
The name of all the states to which the atom is “allowed” to jump with the emission of a photon if an excited
(b)
To determine
The types of wavelength possible for the given conditions.
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