Answer to Question #126258 in General Chemistry for Claire Goodheart

Question

Which electron transition in a hydrogen atom would absorb the photon of greatest frequency?

Answer 1

When an electron makes transition from higher energy level having energy E2(n2) to lower energy having energy E1(n1), then a photon of frequency  ν is emitted. Here, for emission line E1 is maximum hence, it will have the highest frequency  emission line