Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology, Volume 2Academic Press, 1992 - Physical sciences |
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... spectrum of the sun , obtained in a sounding rocket flight , showing the transition of the solar spectrum from a continuum with super- imposed absorption lines ( Fraunhofer spectrum ) to an emission line spectrum below 1800 Å ...
... spectrum of the sun , obtained in a sounding rocket flight , showing the transition of the solar spectrum from a continuum with super- imposed absorption lines ( Fraunhofer spectrum ) to an emission line spectrum below 1800 Å ...
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... spectrum , or a graph showing the intensity of light as a function of wavelength . Figure 4 shows an example , a spectrum of a white dwarf star , a dying cinder , the remnant of a middle- sized star like the sun . What does the spectrum ...
... spectrum , or a graph showing the intensity of light as a function of wavelength . Figure 4 shows an example , a spectrum of a white dwarf star , a dying cinder , the remnant of a middle- sized star like the sun . What does the spectrum ...
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... spectrum lines in the visual part of the electromagnetic spectrum come from transitions where an atom goes from one excited electronic state to another , and the amount of light that is absorbed depends on how many atoms are in that ...
... spectrum lines in the visual part of the electromagnetic spectrum come from transitions where an atom goes from one excited electronic state to another , and the amount of light that is absorbed depends on how many atoms are in that ...
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