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What element is shown in this emission spectra

What element is shown in this emission spectra-example-1

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The element that is shown in the emission spectra is sodium. Option A

What is emission spectrum

An excited atom or molecule going through a transition to a lower energy state will emit a distinct pattern of light frequencies known as an emission spectrum. This "fingerprint" indicates which components are in a material. Depending on the energy differential between the levels, excited electrons return to their ground state and release energy in the form of light at particular frequencies.

In many disciplines, including astronomy, forensics, and environmental science, emission spectra—which can be line spectra, which are discrete lines, band spectra, which are groups of lines, or continuous spectra, which are a smooth distribution of colors—are used to identify elements.

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