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What is the maximum number of emission lines when the excited electron of a Hatom in n=6 drops to the ground state?

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When the excited electron of an H atom in n = 6 drops to the ground state, the following transitions are possible:
The number of spectral lines: n(n1)2
where n=6
Hence the total number of spectral line will be: 6×52=15

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