Spectrum of the Hydrogen Atom Overview Getting Started Techniques Procedure FAQ Full Lab Manual Introduction & Goals Chemistry & Background Key Questions Prelab Problems Safety Procedure In Your Write-up Experiments Index ChemLab Home		Key Questions Here are some questions to think about before, during, and after this week's experiment: Why are atomic spectra composed of light emitted in discrete lines, rather than continuous bands? How are the energy of the light emitted and the energy of the electron in the atom related? How are single- and multi-electron atoms different? What do the electron energies depend on, in each case? What is effective nuclear charge? Why is it different for a sodium electron in a 3p orbital and a 3s orbital? Why do different elements have different spectra? How do fluorescent lights work? What element do they contain?
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