Monday, November 17, 2014

Emission Spectrum and Absorption Spectroscopy

The emission spectrum of a chemical element or chemical compound is the spectrum of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation emitted due to an atom or molecule making a transition from a high energy state to a lower energy state.

For example, when an electron of Hydrogen transitions to a energy level of n = 3 to the base level of n = 2, it emits photons, which can be recorded as the emission spectrum.



Emission is the process by a higher energy particle converts to a lower one through emission of a photon, resulting in the production of light.

The emission spectra is produced when the electrons of the atom are excited and can change it's energy level. This produces a photon.

The emission spectrum allows us to understand the sources chemical composition, temperature, density, mass, distance, luminosity, and relative motion. These spectrum samples consists of absorption lines of celestial objects with emission spectra.

Astronomical spectroscopy is the study of astronomy using the techniques of spectroscopy to measure the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation such as visible light which radiates from stars and galaxies. Astronomical spectroscopy uses Doppler shift measurements as well, to determine a objects age and distance. Spectrum samples are also known to show spread shifts of celestial objects.

Absorption spectroscopy refers to spectroscopic techniques that measure the absorption of radiation. Absorption spectroscopy uses frequency or wavelength as a function. 

Absorption spectroscopy works when a sample absorbs energy (such as photons) from the radiating field and the intensity of the absorption varies as a function of frequency. This variation is the absorption spectrum. 

Absorption lines are Typically classified by the nature of the quantum mechanical change induced in the molecule or atom, 

Absorption spectrum samples are completely different from the emission spectrum, due to the different intensity pattern. Emission spectrum samples


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