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Balmer series en · NOUN

Etymology

Balmer + series. Named after Swiss mathematician Johann Jakob Balmer

Meanings

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

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Relateds

Pfund series · Balmer break · Balmer limit · Lyman series · Brackett series · Paschen series · Humphreys series · Balmer discontinuity · Balmer formula · Balmer line