Consider the Bohr Theory Hydrogen atom

(a) How much energy is needed to cause a transition of an electron from the 2nd excited state to the 3rd excited state?
(b) What wavelength photon just has enough energy to initiate the transition?


(a) 0.661 eV
(b) 1.88 ?m

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