Article
Do the Series in the Hydrogen Atom Spectrum Ever Overlap?
Journal of Chemical Education
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2006
Disciplines
Abstract
Much is made of the simplicity of the hydrogen atom spectrum. Textbooks that display line spectra of the various series show that each series is in a discrete portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, separate from each other. The question arises, do these series ever overlap? Here, we present the answer to this question.
DOI
10.1021/ed083p883
Citation Information
Ball, D. W. Do the Series in the Hydrogen Atom Spectrum Ever Overlap? J. Chem. Educ. 2006, 83, 883.