You have an advantage. You have the diffraction grating. It used to be done
with a prism.

In a message dated 1/14/02 8:53:01 AM Pacific Standard Time,
aryk29@... writes:


> Anybody know about spectroscopy with a diffraction grating and the
> naked eye? I've had success recognizing simple atomic spectra
> (copper, zinc, mercury, and the ever-present sodium, for example) and
> even a few more complex ones like iron and xenon.
>
> I have MIT Wavelength tables (1939) and some Grotrian diagrams, but
> there are still some alloys I have not managed to identify
> spectroscopically.
>
> I am wondering: is it possible to identify all the naturally occuring
> elements with the naked eye? Also, how accurate are the intensities
> in MIT WT, and how accurate is the NIST Atomic Spectra Database?
>
> PS. Anybody interested in some hand-drawn Grotrian diagrams?
>
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