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Grade 10Physical Chemistry

calculate the wavelength of first line lyman series of 10 times ionised sodium atom????

Profile image of satyam pandey
14 Years agoGrade 10
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Profile image of anil kumar
14 Years ago

0.0009953 m

Profile image of bhaskar gurram
14 Years ago

E=hc/wavelength

E=-13.6 x z2/n2

so, wavelength=hc/E

and for  Na z=11  

therefore E=13.6 x 11 x11 x3/4 ev

therefore E=1234.2ev

wavelength=12400/1234.2 A

wavelength=10.04699 A