Spectroscopy Lab Help Page We can find several different energy level models to represent what we see in the spectra. To simplify our idea of the hydrogen atom, we want to limit the number of models to explain why we observe the Hydrogen Spectra in this way.

To explain the process of energy levels, let's try to limit our own ideas of the hydrogen energy level models using the example of visible light spectra.

How many energy levels did it take to make one color?

How many energy levels did it take to make three colors?

How many energy levels do you think it might take to make nine colors?

Explain your reasoning for the number of energy levels to make nine colors.



You might be having trouble managing nine colors. Let's think about the difference between the Ultra Violet, Visible and Infra Red energies.
Notice how the three groups of energies are very separated from each other.

How much energy difference is there between the UV energy and the Visible energy?

How much energy difference is there between the Visible energy and IR energy?

How much energy difference is there within the Visible energy?




Is there a way for you to reproduce the pattern for Visible light with three different groups?
Try to find the correct pattern using the program again.

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Type in the values of energy that you came up with here (use as many blanks as you need but not all the blanks must be filled).
Write one characteristic about the energy model that you just made in the space below.

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