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Humphreys series

 
Sci-Tech Dictionary: Humphreys series
 
(′həm·frēz ′sir·ēz)

(spectroscopy) A series of lines in the infrared spectrum of atomic hydrogen whose wave numbers are given by RH(1/36) -(1/n2), where RH is the Rydberg constant for hydrogen, and n is any number greater than 6.


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