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a hydrogen electron returns from energy level n=3 to n=1 what will the spectral lines emitted by this electron look like under a spectroscope

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That transition produces one of the lines in the "Lyman series". A photon is emitted with a wavelength of 102.57 nm, in the ultraviolet.
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