time md Full Member 15+ Year Member Joined Mar 1, 2007 Messages 162 Reaction score 0 Jan 2, 2009 #1 Members don't see this ad. How does the Bohr theory account for the multiple lines in hydrogen's emission spectra, when hydrogen has only one e-? Thanks.
Members don't see this ad. How does the Bohr theory account for the multiple lines in hydrogen's emission spectra, when hydrogen has only one e-? Thanks.
engineeredout Full Member 15+ Year Member Joined May 11, 2008 Messages 3,451 Reaction score 628 Jan 4, 2009 #2 Hydrogen has only one e- but that e- can shift back and forth between different energy levels. The transition of higher to lower energy levels is what causes a spectral line. Upvote 0 Downvote
Hydrogen has only one e- but that e- can shift back and forth between different energy levels. The transition of higher to lower energy levels is what causes a spectral line.