hydrogen line Comparison Table

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hydrogen line comparison table

Subject has lower energy level has definition has series limit has wavelength

Balmer line 2 The series lies in the visible portion of the spectrum. (Deuterium Hα is 1.785 Å short-ward of hydrogen Hα) 3647 Å

Brackett line 4

Lyman line 1 912 Å

Paschen line 3 8204 Å

Pfund line 5 far-infrared

Subject	has lower energy level	has definition	has series limit	has wavelength
Balmer line	2	The series lies in the visible portion of the spectrum. (Deuterium Hα is 1.785 Å short-ward of hydrogen Hα)	3647 Å
Brackett line	4
Lyman line	1		912 Å
Paschen line	3		8204 Å
Pfund line	5			far-infrared

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