(a) Light from an incandescent source is passed through sodium vapor and then examined with a spectroscope....

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(a) Light from an incandescent source is passed through sodium vapor and then examined with a spectroscope. What is the appearance of the spectrum?
(b) The incandescent source is switched off and the sodium is heated until it glows. How does the spectrum of the glowing sodium compare with the previously observed spectrum?
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Conceptual Physics

ISBN: 978-0321568090

11th edition

Authors: Paul G. Hewitt

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