Try it on paper first. A hint, the key idea and the worked solution are here when you need them.
The ion has one electron and . Its jumps from , and to form the Pickering series. Find the wavelength of each of the three lines, in nm. One of them matches a line of hydrogen. Which hydrogen jump is it? Take .
The limit of a series has .
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Work it out on paper first. It is fine to get stuck or make a mistake: that is how we learn. When you are ready, go through the solution one step at a time, and check each step against your own.
Step 1. The rule. .
Step 2. . . So and .
Step 3. . , so and .
Step 4. . , so and .
Step 5. The match. The line at comes from the levels and . So it matches the jump of hydrogen from to .
Check. Pickering saw this series in the spectrum of a star. He thought it belonged to hydrogen, because of the match. Bohr's formula showed that it belongs to .
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