In chemistry, what is different about the different colors of light (on a light spectrum). How are each color characterized...like, according to elements, or atom emission of light, I don't know. Where can I find any information, I couldn't find any on searchengines!
2007-11-06 02:23:06 · 4 answers · asked by Christina 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Its in the flame test lab, but the question was just what is different about the different colors of light?
2007-11-06 02:32:09 · update #1
give more info.
2007-11-06 02:30:34 · answer #1 · answered by gansatanswers 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The difference of colours depend on the energy which is directly related to the frequency and inversely related to the wavelength. This quantity depends on the difference of levels of enrgy between two electronic levels of the atoms
If you do not want more details : in a firework , gree is due to baryum, pink to strontium, violet to potassium
2007-11-06 02:58:34 · answer #2 · answered by maussy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Photons have wave particle duality. That means they kind of act like a particles, like atoms, and kind of act like waves, like sound. What determins the color of light is the wavelength or the frequecy of the light.
2007-11-06 02:31:33 · answer #3 · answered by dustin_barr 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try this site
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_spectral_line
2007-11-06 02:33:36 · answer #4 · answered by rscanner 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋