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lyman series

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.09 in modern English

Syllables
ly-man series
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A hydrogen spectral series of transitions and resulting ultraviolet emission lines of the hydrogen atom as an electron goes from n ≥ 2 to n = 1 (where n is the principal quantum number), the lowest energy level of the electron.

Etymology

Named after the Harvard physicist Theodore Lyman IV, who in 1906 discovered the first line in the spectrum.

Questions

What does lyman series mean?
A hydrogen spectral series of transitions and resulting ultraviolet emission lines of the hydrogen atom as an electron goes from n ≥ 2 to n = 1 (where n is the principal quantum number), the lowest energy level of the electron.
Where does lyman series come from?
Named after the Harvard physicist Theodore Lyman IV, who in 1906 discovered the first line in the spectrum.

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