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Why are the discrete lines observed and not a continuous spectrum?​
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Why are the discrete lines observed and not a continuous spectrum?​

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Atoms of individual elements emit light at only specific wavelengths, producing a line spectrum rather than the continuous spectrum of all wavelengths produced by a hot object.
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