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What causes the doublet on Hydrogen's atomic spectrum?
« on: September 20, 2012, 08:37:46 PM »
We have to say how Schrodinger corrected Bohr's theory and one of the problems with it that was listed was that Bohr thought the doublet was a single red line so wtf did Schrodinger do to fix it if he even did anything at all. Does it have something to do with the spin on the electrons?
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Re: What causes the doublet on Hydrogen's atomic spectrum
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2012, 12:30:09 AM »
Exactly, it has everything to do with spin. Read this section on Hydrogen Fine Structure and let me know if you have any more questions.
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