when is H-Alpha line of the balmer series in the emission spectrum of hydrogen atom obtained? Share with your friends Share 2 Puneet Kaur answered this When a electron makea transition from 2 excited state of H atom to the 1 excited state -12 View Full Answer Somrat Dutta answered this No, the above answer is wrong! It happens when the electron transits from its 3rd lowest energy level to 2nd lowest energy level. ie. from n=3 -->n=2 18 Abhinav Kumar answered this then what is the right answer -2 Abhinav Kumar answered this i found ... 3 -> 2 is the right answer .... .☺ 0 Suman Rout answered this n = 3 to n = 2 is called Balmer-alpha or H-alpha 3 Devashish Singh answered this The first member of the Balmer series is called H alpha line . It is obtained from transition n=3 to n=2. -3