Mercury emits ultraviolet (UV) light with distinct lines at 253.7 nm, 365 nm, and 405 nm. These lines are characteristic of mercury and are often used in mercury vapor lamps and fluorescent lighting.
In chemistry, nm typically stands for nanometers, which is a unit of measurement equal to one billionth of a meter. It is commonly used to measure the size of molecules, atoms, and wavelengths of light.
The hydrogen atom has four spectral lines because it undergoes transitions between its energy levels. These transitions produce four distinct wavelengths of light in the visible spectrum: 656.3 nm, 486.1 nm, 434.0 nm, and 410.2 nm. Each line corresponds to electrons moving between different energy levels in the atom.
Both continuous bright line spectrum and spectral lines are related to the emission of light by atoms. A continuous bright line spectrum shows a broad range of colors without any gaps, while spectral lines are discrete lines representing specific wavelengths emitted by atoms. Both can be used to identify elements and study their atomic structure.
A spectral line that appears at a wavelength of 321 nm in the laboratory appears at a wavelength of 328 nm in the spectrum of a distant object. We say that the object's spectrum is red shifted.
375 to 750 nm
Infrared light has longer wavelengths compared to ultraviolet light. Infrared light wavelengths range from about 700 nm to 1 mm, while ultraviolet light wavelengths range from about 10 nm to 400 nm.
Wavelengths below 350 nm are absorbed by Earth's atmosphere, primarily by ozone, oxygen, and nitrogen. Wavelengths above 750 nm are absorbed by the eye's photoreceptors, causing them to be outside the visible spectrum.
The colors of the rainbow and their corresponding wavelengths are: Red: 620-750 nm Orange: 590-620 nm Yellow: 570-590 nm Green: 495-570 nm Blue: 450-495 nm Indigo: 420-450 nm Violet: 380-420 nm
Light in the visible spectrum ranges from 400 nm to 700 nm wavelengths. This includes light in the colors of violet, blue, green, yellow, orange, and red.
The measurement used for the wavelengths of color is typically in nanometers (nm). Each color has a specific range of wavelengths in the visible spectrum, with red having longer wavelengths around 700 nm and violet having shorter wavelengths around 400 nm.
The waves with wavelengths between about 400 mm and 10 nm are referred to as microwaves and ultraviolet rays, respectively. Microwaves have longer wavelengths, while ultraviolet rays have shorter wavelengths.
The common unit of identifying visual wavelengths is nanometers (nm). Visible light ranges from approximately 400 nm (violet) to 700 nm (red) on the electromagnetic spectrum.
Any whose wavelength does not exceed 379 nm.
Infrared light has longer wavelengths compared to ultraviolet light. Infrared light ranges from about 700 nm to 1 mm, while ultraviolet light ranges from about 10 nm to 400 nm. Ultraviolet light has higher energy and shorter wavelengths than infrared light.
The first lines in the Balmer series of hydrogen correspond to transitions to the n=2 energy level. The wavelengths of these lines are 656.3 nm (Hα), 486.1 nm (Hβ), 434.0 nm (Hγ), and 410.2 nm (Hδ).
The range of wavelengths for infrared radiation is beween 700 nm and 10e6 nm.