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The infrared absorption spectrum of NASA laboratory sulfur dioxide ice is compared with the infrared absorption spectra of ices on Jupiter's moon, Io credit NASA, Bernard Schmitt, and UKIRT. Absorption spectroscopy is useful in chemical analysis [5] because of its specificity and its quantitative nature. The specificity of absorption spectra ...
The light from a source can consist of a continuous spectrum, an emission spectrum (bright lines), or an absorption spectrum (dark lines). Because each element leaves its spectral signature in the pattern of lines observed, a spectral analysis can reveal the composition of the object being analyzed. [2]
The classical example of a discrete spectrum (for which the term was first used) is the characteristic set of discrete spectral lines seen in the emission spectrum and absorption spectrum of isolated atoms of a chemical element, which only absorb and emit light at particular wavelengths. The technique of spectroscopy is based on this phenomenon.
In atomic absorption spectroscopy, light of a predetermined wavelength is passed through a collection of atoms. If the wavelength of the source light has energy corresponding to the energy difference between two energy levels in the atoms, a portion of the light will be absorbed.
This is the spectrum of a blue sky somewhat close to the horizon, looking east with the sun to the west at around 3–4 pm on a clear day. A spectral line is a weaker or stronger region in an otherwise uniform and continuous spectrum. It may result from emission or absorption of light in a narrow frequency range
The ratio of the "sample spectrum" to the "background spectrum" is directly related to the sample's absorption spectrum. Accordingly, the technique of "Fourier-transform spectroscopy" can be used both for measuring emission spectra (for example, the emission spectrum of a star), and absorption spectra (for example, the absorption spectrum of a ...
A spectrum of many such photons will show an emission spike at the wavelength associated with these photons. An absorption line is formed when an atom or molecule makes a transition from a lower, E 1, to a higher discrete energy state, E 2, with a photon being absorbed in the process. These absorbed photons generally come from background ...
The spectrum of T restricted to H ac is called the absolutely continuous spectrum of T, σ ac (T). The spectrum of T restricted to H sc is called its singular spectrum, σ sc (T). The set of eigenvalues of T is called the pure point spectrum of T, σ pp (T). The closure of the eigenvalues is the spectrum of T restricted to H pp.