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pls explain the atomic spectra-absorption and emission spectrum and hydrogen line spectra.
 

varshini balaji , 10 Years ago
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Pankaj

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If the atom gains energy the electron passes from a lower energy level to a higher energy level, energy is absorbed that means a specific wave length is absorbed. Consequently, a dark line will appear in the spectrum. This dark line constitutes the absorption spectrum.

If the atom loses energy, the electron passes from higher to a lower energy level, energy is released and a spectral line of specific wavelength is emitted. This line constitutes theemission spectrum.

Types of Emission Spectra:

  • Continuous spectra:When white light from any source such as sun or bulb is analysed by passing through a prism, it splits up into seven different wide bands of colour from violet to red (like rainbow).These colour are so continuous that each of them merges into the next. Hence the spectrum is called as continuous spectrum.

  • Line spectra:When an electric discharge is passed through a gas at low pressure light is emitted. If this light is resolved by a spectroscope, It is found that some isolated colored lines are obtained on a photographic plate separated from each other by dark spaces. This spectrum is called line spectrum. Each line in the spectrum corresponds to a particular wavelength. Each element gives its own characteristic spectrum.

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