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That's because it can be used to clearly identify an element; just as fingerprints can be used to identify a person.
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How is the spectrum for an element similar to a person's fingerprint?
Each element has its own unique spectrum, just as each person has his/her own unique set of fingerprints.
What is the arrangement of electromagnetic waves according to their wavelengths and frequencies called?
That's called the electromagnetic spectrum.
What are the 12 colors of the spectrum called?
Hues (Apex)
The light emitted by an incandescent element produces what?
A unique continuous spectrum
Each element will give off the same spectrum of light?
NO!!!! Each element gives off a unique spectrum of light.
A line spectrum is to an element as a person is to a?
to a eye to a eye
What evidence do you have the sun contains the element iron?
The spectral lines. Each element has a characteristic "fingerprint" in a spectrum.
What evidence do you have that the sun contains the element iron?
The spectral lines. Each element has a characteristic "fingerprint" in a spectrum.
How is the spectrum for an element similar to a person's fingerprint?
Each element has its own unique spectrum, just as each person has his/her own unique set of fingerprints.
Why line spectrum is called finger print spectrum?
It is unique to a specific atom. The emission spectrum of sodium, for example, has two characteristic lines close together in the yellow part of the spectrum, which cannot be found in any other atom. Each line in a spectrum relates to a change in electron state or level.
Is there a element called spectrum?
no
What is the definition of an atomic fingerprint?
It is important to know the definition of terms in science. An atomic fingerprint is defined as the unique set of lines an element has based on its energy level.
The spectrum of a star is called a what?
... a photonic 'fingerprint'. The picture of a star's spectral lines is its photo-spectrograph.
Is the spacing between the lines in the spectrum of an element constant or does it vary?
The spacing between the lines in the spectrum of an element are constant. This is called the emission spectrum of an element. Each element has a unique emission spectra that will be the same each time.
What causes the color when you burn an element?
A spectrum is what it is called when an element burns and produce light. The spectrum of an element is based on what orbit the electrons are in and what energy level the electrons are at.
The fingerprint of an atom is seen in its?
bright line spectrum
What is the energy pattern of an element called?
I had that too and the correct answer is spectrum.
