English Explanatory Dictionary

Balmer series

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The set of spectral lines of the hydrogen atom that correspond to transitions involving a principal quantum number n=2

Word forms

Balmer series

Etymology

For Johann Jakob Balmer, Swiss mathematician.

Related words

Balmer line Balmer formula Lyman series Paschen series Brackett series Pfund series Humphreys series
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