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The Hydrogen atom

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principal<br />

quanta n<br />

<strong>Hydrogen</strong> <strong>atom</strong> quantum numbers<br />

s p d f g h<br />

angular<br />

momentum<br />

quanta l<br />

A Grotrian diagram is what spectroscopists use<br />

to analyze their line spectra. Each column is for<br />

a different l quantum number. Note that only certain<br />

transitions are observed. <strong>The</strong>se are called selection rules.

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