Spectral series of hydrogen atom
Whenever an electron in a hydrogen atom jumps from higher energy level to the lower energy level, the difference in energies of the two levels is emitted as a radiation of particular wavelength. It is called a spectral line.
As the wavelength of the spectral line depends upon the two orbits (energy levels) between which the transition of electron takes place, various spectral lines are obtained. The different wavelengths constitute spectral series which are the characteristic of the atoms emitting them. The following are the spectral series of hydrogen atom.
- Lyman series
- Balmer series
- Paschen series
- Brackett series
- Pfund series
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