Let's say I want to calculate the wavelength of the photon emitted when an electron of an arbitrary element (let's say Carbon) drops from to . Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think I would have to find the change in the electron's energy value , set that equal to and solve for the wavelength ( ). How could I find and ? My textbook gives Bohr's Equation but it also says that it fails to generalize, it only works for singular electrons and is kind of inaccurate outside of hydrogen. Does there exist a general equation to find these values?
Energy levels of electrons in an arbitrary element?
Shrey Joshi


