![]() ![]() ![]() I think this is when white light is used that you get an Absorption Spectra. All the colors of the Absorption Spectra do make it kind of confusing. And these are being absorbed (with emphasis on blue). Actually, if you just burned hydrogen and looked at its spectra, you would get the Emission Spectra and not the Absorption Spectra, and this Emission Spectra would only show the bunch of blue lines, one purple line, and one red line. All the other colors shown are just part of the natural light being shown down on the element. This is the color that will be the opposite of the flame color on the color wheel. Remember, always look at the color area on the rainbow that is blacked out the most. So if blue is being absorbed, the opposite color would be transmitted and this color is orange. However, there are MORE dark lines in the blue region. If you look at the lines for hydrogen blue, purple, and red are being absorbed. This is sometimes called the Bohr, or the ‘solar system’, model. Electrons are represented by dots or crosses and are positioned in energy levels, or ‘shells’, around the central nucleus. Therefore, all the other colors would be absorbed. An electron configuration diagram is a model that depicts the position of electrons as they orbit the nucleus of an atom. (This would be orange.) The element hydrogen turns orange when being burned and this color is transmitted to us. This means that if there is a big dark band where blue would be, then the opposite color to blue on the color wheel is being transmitted. You are supposed to look at the dark areas of the absorption spectra and those dark areas indicate that the color which would be there is being absorbed. I think both the absorption and emission lines are showing which colors are being absorbed. ![]()
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