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How do you know when a electron transition will result in the emission of light

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The energy of the photon is the exact energy that is lost by the electron moving to its lower energy level. When the electron changes from n=3 or above to n=2, the photons emitted fall in the Visible Light region of the spectra. We call these lines Balmer's Series.

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