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How can you Distinguish absorption spectrum from emission spectrum?
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∙ 14y ago
Emission spectra are bright-line spectra, absorption spectra are dark-line spectra. That is: an emission spectrum is a series of bright lines on a dark background. An absorption spectrum is a series of dark lines on a normal spectrum (rainbow) background.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 11y agoEmission spectra are "bright line" spectra, absorption spectra are "dark line" spectra. They're basically due to the same phenomenon, but have to do with whether energy is being emitted or absorbed by the atoms involved.
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∙ 9y agoThey are opposites. The emission spectrum shows only the frequencies of light that identify the element(s) and/or compound(s) in the test sample, and the absorption spectrum shows the entire visible light spectrum except those frequencies.
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∙ 6y agoAbsorption spectrum is a gap in the overall spectrum. It happen when light makes an electron jump to a higher orbital and light energy is absorbed.
Emission spectrum is light emitted at particular wavelengths (where the absorption spectrum gaps are). It happens when an electron falls from a higher orbital and emits light energy in doing so.
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∙ 14y agoThe effects produced by the methods used to produce them - not all methods produce the same excited states.
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∙ 14y agoAn absroption spectrum has dark lines where the energy is absorbed and the emmision spectrum has bright lines where the emission energy is.
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∙ 8y agoEmission spectrum: lines emitted from an atom.
Absorption spectrum: absorbed wavelengths of a molecule.
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How does the number of lines in the emission spectrum for an element compare with the number of lines in the absorption spectrum?
An emission spectrum depend on electrons transition in the atom of a chemical element; and elements are different.Absorption spectrum is based on the different absorption pics of different molecules, depending on the frequency of radiation.Spectral methods are largely used in analytical chemistry.
Image of emission or absorption spectrum of manganese?
This would consist of several series of lines corresponding to the energies of electron transitions. They are bright lines for an emission spectrum and dark for absorbtion.
Why is the solar spectrum an absorption spectrum rather than an emission spectrum?
The sun has 3 layers - the photosphere, the chromosphere, the corona. Photosphere is the visible surface and gives the absorption spectrum. Chromosphere is the pinkish discharge encircling the Sun, visible only during a total eclipse. This gives the emission spectrum. Corona is the halo encircling the chromosphere. THis gives the coronal spectrum.
How does color form?
Colors are able to form by water droplets that can break sunlight into several colors of the spectrum. Colors can also form by light absorption, emission spectra and reflection.
Explain the difference between the continuous spectrum of white light and the atomic emission spectrum of an element?
The difference between continuous spectrum and the atomic emission espectrum of an element is that in emission spectrum, only certain specific frequencies of light are emitted while in a continuous spectrum, a continuous range of colors are seen in the visible light.
Which type of spectrum is associated with the radiation of most stars?
absorption spectrum
How does the number of lines in the emission spectrum for an element compare with the number of lines in the absorption spectrum?
An emission spectrum depend on electrons transition in the atom of a chemical element; and elements are different.Absorption spectrum is based on the different absorption pics of different molecules, depending on the frequency of radiation.Spectral methods are largely used in analytical chemistry.
How do emission and absorption spectrums tell us about the composition of objects in our universe?
Each chemical element has a specific emission or absorption spectrum.
What is the difference between absorption and emission spectrum?
Emission spectrum: lines emitted from an atom.Absorption spectrum: absorbed wavelengths of a molecule.
What is the difference between an absorption and an emission spectrum?
Absorption spectrum is a gap in the overall spectrum. It happen when light makes an electron jump to a higher orbital and light energy is absorbed. Emission spectrum is light emitted at particular wavelengths (where the absorption spectrum gaps are). It happens when an electron falls from a higher orbital and emits light energy in doing so.
What is band spectrum?
A band spectrum is an absorption or emission spectrum consisting of bands of closely-spaced lines, characteristic of polyatomic molecules.
