Neon Lights & Other Discharge Lamps

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Author:

Harlow, Danielle, Lemaster, Ron, McKagan, Sam, Perkins, Kathy, Wieman, Carl

Subject:

Mathematics and Statistics, Science and Technology

Institution Name:

University of Colorado at Boulder

Collection:

PhET Interactive Simulations

Grade Level:

Secondary, Post-secondary

Grade Sub-Level:

High School, Community College - Lower Division

Abstract:

Produce light by bombarding atoms with electrons. See how the characteristic spectra of different elements are produced, and configure your own element's energy states to produce light of different colors.

Languages:

English, Chinese, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

Material Type:

Activities and Labs, Simulations

Media Format:

Text/HTML, Interactive

Conditions of Use:

http://phet.colorado.edu/en/about/licensing
This simulation is available under either a Creative Commons Attribution license or the GNU General Public License.

Copyright Holder:

University of Colorado