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WFU Physics Lecture Demonstrations

Atomic Spectra Tubes and Gratings

PIRA 7B10.10

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Different gases, when excited, emit different bright line spectra. Each wavelength (color) emitted corresponds to a certain energy level decay that occurs spontaneously in the atom as it tries to return to its unexcited state.

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Power Source w/Tube
Diffraction Gratings

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