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When white light is passed through hydrogen gas at room temperature, absorption lines will be observed in:

Options:

Answer:
D
Solution:

At room temperature all atoms are in the ground state, so Balmer absorption (which needs atoms in ) cannot occur; Lyman absorption lines lie in the ultraviolet, outside visible white light. Hence neither is observed.

Subject:PhysicsTopic:Modern PhysicsSubtopic:Atomic structure
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