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written by Carl Rod Nave
This well-illustrated page from Hyperphysics contains the light emitted by several elements and their respective spectra as well.  The page also provides a description of how the size of a holographic image scales with the wavelength of the light used to observe it.
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Electricity & Magnetism
- Electromagnetic Radiation
= Electromagnetic Spectrum
Modern Physics
- Atomic Physics
= Spectra
- High School
- Middle School
- Lower Undergraduate
- Informal Education
- Reference Material
- Audio/Visual
= Image/Image Set
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Physics To Go This resource was a Physics To Go feature from January 16, 2008 until February 1, 2008. View the feature here!


Access Rights: Free access
Restriction: © 2005 R. Nave
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Keywords: color, element, emission line, light, spectra, spectrum
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Record Updated: Dec 19, 2007 by Ann Deml
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C. Nave, (2005), WWW Document, (http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/quantum/atspect2.html#c1).
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C. Nave, Atomic Spectra (2005), <http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/quantum/atspect2.html#c1>.
APA Format
Nave, C. (2005). Atomic Spectra. Retrieved May 15, 2025, from http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/quantum/atspect2.html#c1
Chicago Format
Nave, Carl Rod. Atomic Spectra. 2005. http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/quantum/atspect2.html#c1 (accessed 15 May 2025).
MLA Format
Nave, Carl Rod. Atomic Spectra. 2005. 15 May 2025 <http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/quantum/atspect2.html#c1>.
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