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Aim: How to identify elements based on their

atomic spectra
Do Now:
1. Explain how an electron becomes excited.
2. Write the excited state for the phosphorus atom
What gives gas-filled lights their colors?

• An electric current passing


through the gas in each glass
tube makes the gas glow
with its own characteristic
color.
The Nature of Light
• Light is a part of the electromagnetic spectrum radiant
energy composed of gamma rays, X-rays, ultraviolet light,
visible light, etc.
• The energy of the electromagnetic spectrum moves
through space as waves
Nature of Light
• Sunlight consists of light with a continuous range of wavelengths
and frequencies.
– When sunlight passes through a prism, the different frequencies
separate into a spectrum of colors.
– In the visible spectrum, red light has the longest wavelength and
the lowest frequency.
Atomic Spectra
• The energy absorbed by the electron to go from the ground state to the
excited state is equal to energy released or emitted by the electron upon
returning to ground state.
• The excitation fallback theory explains the visible emission (bright line)
spectrum of element
Each color is
associated with a
certain amount of
energy. The
absorption spectrum
shows the different
energy /light
absorbed by the
electron(s). The
emission spectrum
shows the
energy/light emitted
or released by the
electron(s). The
energy absorbed by
the electron to go
from the ground
state to the excited
state is equal to
energy released or
emitted by the
electron upon
returning to ground
state.
Emission Spectrum

• A prism separates light into the colors it contains. White light


produces a rainbow of colors.
Emission Spectrum
• Light from a helium lamp produces discrete lines.
Excited hydrogen atoms emit
a pinkish glow. When the
visible portion of the emitted
light is passed through a
prism, it is separated into
specific wavelengths that are
part of the hydrogen’s line
emission spectrum.
Emission Spectrum
• The wavelengths of the spectral lines are characteristic of
the element, and they make up the atomic emission
spectrum of the element.
• No two elements have the same emission spectrum.
– The fingerprints of an element.
Emission Spectrum of a mixture of elements
• The emission spectrum of a mixture of gases will be a combination
of the individual gases in that mixture.

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