II. AtomicChemistry Atoms and Ions I.

Green Spectra of
A. Continuous Spectra

-Consists of all wavelengths in the visible spectrum -White light

B. Line Spectra -Specific wavelengths emmited from a substance -Neon Sign is example; it looks orange is actually 15 individual line spectra

C. Reason Line spectra occurs:

-electrons absorb energy -gets them excited -they jump to higher orbital -at this orb its unstable -falls back down -amount of energy emitted is also quantized -results in the line spectra instead of continuous spectra

D. Line spectra of multi electron and ions are more complicated than H atoms b/c hydrogen onlt has 1 electron and atoms with many electrons have electron-electron repulsion and this shifts the orbital energy

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