The three principal visible spectral lines from hydrogen have wavelengths 434 nm

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The three principal visible spectral lines from hydrogen have wavelengths 434 nm, 486nm, and 656nm. The principal line of sodium is at 589 nm. A sodium lamp used to calibrate a diffraction grating shows the first-order sodium line at 24.3^circ from the central maximum.
A)Find the angular position of the first spectral line in hydrogen 434 nm.
B)Find the angular position of the second spectral line in hydrogen (486 { m nm}).
Express your answer with the appropriate units.
C)Find the angular position of the third spectral line in hydrogen (656 { m nm}).
Express your answer with the appropriate units.

Explanation / Answer

   A sodium lamp used to calibrate a diffraction grating shows the first-order sodium line at 24.3degrees from the central maximum           sin Na =    m Na / d                distance between grating lines                d =      m Na     / sin 24.3                     =   589 nm / sin 24.3                     =   1.431 m     a)  angular position of the first spectral line in hydrogen    ( 434 nm )               sin 434 = m 434    / d                             =   434 nm / 1.431m                              =     0.303                   434      = 17.6378o       b)  angular position of the second spectral line in hydrogen (486 nm                    sin 486 = m 486   / d                             =   486 nm / 1.431m                              =     0.3396                  434     = 19.853 o        c) angular position of the third spectral line in hydrogen (656 nm               sin 656 = m 656   / d                             =   656 nm / 1.431 m                              =     0.458                  434     =   27.285o                             =   486 nm / 1.431m                              =     0.3396                  434     = 19.853 o        c) angular position of the third spectral line in hydrogen (656 nm               sin 656 = m 656   / d                             =   656 nm / 1.431 m                              =     0.458                  434     =   27.285o                             =   656 nm / 1.431 m                              =     0.458                  434     =   27.285o

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