In the above model of an atom, if you were to draw an electron’s transition from the second excited state to the third excited state, what numbers would this correspond from/to? What kind of spectrum would be produced?





a. 3 to 4, absorption

b. 2 to 3, absorption

c. 3 to 4, emission

d. 2 to 3, emission


A

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