Q.

Number of spectral lines obtained in He+ spectra, when an electron makes transition from fifth excited state to first excited state will be _______ .             [2024]


Ans.

(10)                 

Fifth excited state means sixth shell and first excited state means second shell. Thus transition is from 6th to 2nd shell. Number of spectral lines when electrons make transition from n2 energy level to n1 energy level in a sample of gas atoms is:

                       (n2-n1)(n2-n1+1)2=(6-2)(6-2+1)2=10