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- noun physics The set of
spectral lines of thehydrogen atom that correspond totransitions involving a principalquantum number n=2
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For Johann Jakob Balmer, Swiss mathematician
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"The Balmer series or Balmer lines in atomic physics, is the designation of one of a set of six different named series describing the spectral line emissions of the hydrogen atom. The Balmer series is calculated using the Balmer formula, an empirical equation discovered by Johann Balmer in 1885."
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August 5, 2010