2.56 Calculate the wavelength for the emission transition if it starts from the orbit having a radius of 1.3225 nm and ends at 211.6 pm. Name the series to which this transition belongs and the region of the spectrum.

The radius of the nth orbit of hydrogen-like particles is given by,

r = 0.529 n2Z Ao
r = 52.9 n2Z pm
For radius (r1) = 1.3225 nm 
= 1.32225 × 10-9 m 
= 1322.25 × 10-12 m 
= 1322.25 pm
n12 = r1Z52.9
n12 = 1322.25 Z52.9
Similarly,
n22 = 211.6 Z52.9
n12n22 = 1322.25 Z211.6 Z
n12n22 =6.25
n1n2 =2.5
n1n2 = 2510 = 52

⇒ n1 = 5 and n2 = 2

Thus, the transition is from the 5th orbit to the 2nd orbit. It belongs to the Balmer series. wavenumber for the transition is given by,
1.097 × 107 122 - 152 m-1
= 1.097 x 107 m-121100
= 2.303 × 106 m–1
Wavelength (λ) associated with the emission transition is given by,

λ = 1v
= 12.303 x 106 m-1
= 0.434 ×10-6 m λ 
= 434 nm