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A hydrogen-like ion has the wavelength difference between the first lines of the Balmer and lyman series equal to 16.58 nm. What ion is it?

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Energy difference for the transitions in the two series ΔE11 − ΔE32 = 1,241/16.58 = 74.85 eV

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