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Which electron transitions in the Bohr hydrogen atom will produce photons with the shortest wavelengths?

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Those that take the electron from the highest orbital to the lowest (n=1) at this point the energy is -13.6eV. The wavelength is given by c/f. So a large energy (E=hf) gives a short wavelength. Falling from a farther distance out down to the nucleus releases the most energy
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