How can we see all four colors from a hydrogen gas discharge tube simultaneously?

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Annabelle Cline

2 October, 11:46

How can we see all four colors from a hydrogen gas discharge tube simultaneously?

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Volvo · Answer 1

There are thousands of hydrogen atoms so together they can group up and let off to form all four colors. The reason why you can see all 4 lines simultaneously is because you have not one, but gazillions of hydrogen atoms undergoing many different transitions at the same time.