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The Li2+ ion is hydrogenic and has a Lyman series at 740747 cm-1, 877924 cm-1, 925933 cm-1 and beyond. Show that the energy levels are of the form –hcR/n2 and find the value of R for this ion. Go on to predict the wavenumbers of the two longest wavelength transitions of the Balmer series of the ion and find the ionization energy of the ion.