Why does the rydberg equation not apply for helium? Is hydrogen or helium a more
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Why does the rydberg equation not apply for helium? Is hydrogen or helium a more complicated spectrum? Also can scientists determine specific elements based off a spectrum?
Why does the Rydberg equation work for hydrogen but not for helium? Do you observe any transitions in hydrogen that do not match the wavelengths predicted by the Rydberg equation? If so, what could be their origin? Which spectrum (hydrogen or helium) is more complicated? Why do you think that is? Can you use the values from the Ocean Optics spectrometer to assign precise wavelengths to the transitions that you observed with the STAR spectrometer? Can scientist determine specific elements based off of a spectrum? Why or why not? Find the spectra of the different ions you observed in Part C and explain why one ion was seen why the other ion was not visible during the flame test. Is the flame color a characteristic property from your observations?Explanation / Answer
1)
Rydberg equation works only for those atom or ions which have only 1 proton
Helium has 2 proton whose spectrum is more complicated and rydberg equation can't be sued to calculte it
2)
It may come from some other impurities atom
Or it may come from some external light source
3)
Helium is more complicated as its nuclues has more particles as compared to that of hydrogen nucleus
rest are not related to Rydberg equation
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Your last question talks about some spectra u might have seen in some otehr questions
It can't be answered without knowing what those spectra looks like
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