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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.
The Brackett series is a series of absorption or emission lines due to electron jumps between the fourth and higher energy levels of the hydrogen atom,See also hydrogen spectrum.