MCQ
How many spectral lines are there in the hydrogen spectrum?
- AInfinity
- BZero
- ✓Multiple
- DOne
✓
Answer
Correct option: C.
Multiple
Even though hydrogen has only one electron in its outermost shell, it has multiple spectral lines.
This is because hydrogen has many energy levels.
When the electron excites from a lower level of energy into a higher level, then it releases a photon, and this photon is the one that appears as spectral lines.
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