Friday, November 1, 2013

Electrons #2: Electrons and Light

Click on this link and follow along with the Flash animation to help you understand how the quantum nature of electrons was discovered by looking at the colors of light produced when elements are heated.  The animation also connects the colors of light produced  to the location and behavior of electrons in an atom, relative to their nucleus.

http://www.mhhe.com/physsci/chemistry/essentialchemistry/flash/linesp16.swf

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