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leonardthecow
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This question is based on a modern physics lab I'm working on, and it's conceptually killing me.
1. Homework Statement
For hydrogen, compare your measured wavelengths to the predicted wavelengths for hydrogen. Assuming the lower level is the same for all the lines you observed in the hydrogen spectrum, make an energy level diagram for hydrogen. Label the energy axis in electron volts.
2. Homework Equations /attempt at a solution
So I have measured wavelengths for hydrogen for a few orders of diffraction that come from exposing light emitted from hydrogen to a diffraction grating. What I'm really stumped on is how to relate the measured wavelengths for each order of diffraction to the "predicted wavelengths" made by the Bohr model. I know that Bragg's Law solved for the wavelengths give me the wavelengths for the lines for each order of diffraction, and I know that setting the difference between energy levels for hydrogen equal to the energy of a photon emitted of that energy difference can give me the wavelength for that photon. But how do these wavelengths relate to one another?
Thanks in advance
1. Homework Statement
For hydrogen, compare your measured wavelengths to the predicted wavelengths for hydrogen. Assuming the lower level is the same for all the lines you observed in the hydrogen spectrum, make an energy level diagram for hydrogen. Label the energy axis in electron volts.
2. Homework Equations /attempt at a solution
So I have measured wavelengths for hydrogen for a few orders of diffraction that come from exposing light emitted from hydrogen to a diffraction grating. What I'm really stumped on is how to relate the measured wavelengths for each order of diffraction to the "predicted wavelengths" made by the Bohr model. I know that Bragg's Law solved for the wavelengths give me the wavelengths for the lines for each order of diffraction, and I know that setting the difference between energy levels for hydrogen equal to the energy of a photon emitted of that energy difference can give me the wavelength for that photon. But how do these wavelengths relate to one another?
Thanks in advance