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Grade 11Inorganic Chemistry

The wave number of hydrogen first line of balmer series is 15200cm. What is the wave number of first line of balmer series in Lithium dispositive ion?

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10 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Amogh Dabholkar
10 Years ago
first of all your units of Wave number are wrong.
it has to be cm-1.
and coming to your question, wave number is directly propotional to square of atomic number.
so 15200x9 is your answer.