If an electron jumps from the n=2 orbit to the n=3 orbit, then what kind of spectrum will be produced: a continuous spectrum, an absorption line spectrum, or an emission line spectrum?
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Jan 31, 2018
Let us consider hydrogen like atom. Refer to possible transitions shown for hydrogen atom in the figure below
In the figure an electronic transition from
Observe the energy level as shown for various values of principal quantum number
We see that