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Posted by Olivia on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 11:25am.

The ionisation potential of atomic hydrogen is 13.6 eV. A strong emission line in
the spectrum of atomic hydrogen occurs at a wavelength of 121.6 nm. Deduce the
initial and final values of the quantum number n for this spectral line.

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