The Lyman Series
The version of the Rydberg formula that generated the Lyman series was:
Where n is a natural number greater than or equal to 2 (i.e. n = 2,3,4,...).
Therefore, the lines seen in the image above are the wavelengths corresponding to on the right, to on the left (there are infinitely many spectral lines, but they become very dense as they approach to (Lyman limit), so only some of the first lines and the last one appear).
The wavelengths (nm) in the Lyman series are all ultraviolet:
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||
| Wavelength (nm) | 121.6 | 102.6 | 97.3 | 95.0 | 93.8 | 93.1 | 92.6 | 92.3 | 92.1 | 91.9 | 91.18 (Lyman limit) |
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