7 Minute ReadIntroduction This post is to help the home experimenter identify the spectra of some common light sources that we all come across in the home. It gives us an indication […]
Common Light Sources in Your Home Read More »
6 Minute ReadIntroduction In two earlier posts on this site we recorded the absorption spectrum of molecular iodine I2 with some simple instrumentation. The first section outlined the basic theory giving rise
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6 Minute ReadIntroduction Here is the emission spectrum of hydrogen gas in a discharge tube recorded at moderate spectral resolution: Fig. 1 The Spectrum of Hydrogen Gas in a Discharge Tube It
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9 Minute ReadIntroduction In this post the emission spectra of the Noble Gases are presented. The noble gases constitute the last group (Group 18) in the Periodic Table of the elements. Emission
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6 Minute ReadIntroduction The chemical element Selenium. Atomic number 34. Chemical symbol Se. The quirky title I chose for this post – an element that can’t make up its mind – refers
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