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JEE Main 2022Structure of Atom Question with Solution

JEE Main 2022 (25 Jul Shift 2)

Question

When the excited electron of a H atom from n=5 drops to the ground state, the maximum number of emission lines observed are

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10

Step-by-step explanation

Maximum number of emission lines

 =ΔnΔn+12Δn=n2-n1n2=5n1=1

Maximum number of emission lines=44+12=202=10

These lines correspond to the lyman series of the hydrogen spectrum

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