A double ionised Lithium atom is hydrogen-like with atomic number 3.

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Problem

A double ionised Lithium atom is hydrogen-like with atomic number 3. (i) Find the wavelength of the radiation required to excite the electron in Li++\text{Li}^{++} from the first to the third Bohr orbit. (Ionisation energy of the hydrogen atom equals 13.6 eV13.6 \text{ eV} .) (ii) How many spectral lines are observed in the emission spectrum of the above excited system?

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