Chapter Objectives:

• Compare and Contrast Emission and Absorption Spectra
• Describe the process of incandescence
• Describe the proccess of fluorescence
• Describe the process of phosphorescence
• Describe how laser light is different from light from an ordinary lamp.
• Explain how holograms are formed.
• Describe the process of excitation
  

Chapter Terms:

• exicitation
• emission spectrum
• spectroscope
• incandescence
• absorption spectrum
• fluorescence
• phosphorescence
• laser

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Chapter Outline Framework:

• Excitation
  • Emission Spectra
• Incandescence
  • Absorption Spectra
• Fluorescence
  • Fluorescent Lamps
• Phosphorescence
• Lasers

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