Atomic Spectra & Energy Levels
Try this: Climb the Balmer series. Which jump is the first you cannot see?
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About this simulation
Drop an electron one rung down a hydrogen atom's ladder and watch the photon it makes land on the spectrum at its own wavelength.
Taught in Atomic Spectra & Energy Levels
- energy levels
- emission and absorption
- spectral series
- photon energy
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