Balmer series
English
Etymology
For Johann Jakob Balmer, Swiss mathematician.
Noun
- (physics) The set of spectral lines of the hydrogen atom that correspond to transitions involving a principal quantum number n=2
Related terms
- Balmer lines
- Balmer formula
See also
- Lyman series
- Paschen series
- Brackett series
- Pfund series
- Humphreys series
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