Shadow of sodium flame
Experiment no.: 7.2.15
A yellow flame containing sodium vapour is illuminated with a sodium-vapour lamp. The resulting shadow of the flame demonstrates that atoms not only emit photons of a fixed frequency, but also absorb light of the same frequency.
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Shadow of sodium flame
Absorption and emission of light
Energy levels of potassium and hydrogen