When a certain element is excited with electricity, we see three main lines in its emission spectrum: two red lines and one orange line. what would the absorption spectrum of this element look like?

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9 May, 19:24

When a certain element is excited with electricity, we see three main lines in its emission spectrum: two red lines and one orange line. what would the absorption spectrum of this element look like?

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Rex Sherman · Answer 1

The absorption spectrum would have all the wavelengths of the light source but would have black lines where the two red and one orange lines were in the emission spectrum