Spectra of Argon Gas Discharge

The following image is color coded spectra of argon undergoing electrical discharge excitation.

It is computed and plotted in your browser by a Java program which reads a file containing a list of emission line wavelengths and their corresponding strenghts.

Note: This program generates deep 24 bit color plots, therefore you may need to increase the color depth of your system to view subtle details in these spectra.

There may be a small delay as each Applet loads it's element emission line file and computes the spectra...

Argon

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Both neutral and singly ionized argon contribute to the emission lines in this spectrum.
Different trial parameters :

vary the lineWidth from 1 to 4 (2.5 is optimum)
vary the contrast from 20 to 150 (80 is optimum)
vary the continuum from 0 to 0.7 (0.25 is optimum)

Argon Spectra in Two Parts:

from 4000 to 5500 Ångstroms
and from 5500 to 7000 Ångstroms

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