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Learn about the use of gamma-ray spectroscopy to identify the quarry that was the source of granite found in ancient Roman ruins
Balmer series of hydrogen saturation spectroscopy refraction of light by a prism Huygens' principle electron density functions for four hydrogen atom states periodic table with column indicating subshells potential energy curves
How chemistry helps to reveal fake artworks
molecular orbital energy-level diagrams
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Learn about the use of gamma-ray spectroscopy to identify the quarry that was the source of granite found in ancient Roman ruins
See how gamma-ray spectroscopy is used to identify the quarry that was the source...
Video: © Open University (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
How chemistry helps to reveal fake artworks
Learn how chemistry can be used to detect art forgery.
Video: © American Chemical Society (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

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Balmer series of hydrogen
The Balmer series of hydrogen as seen by a low-resolution spectrometer.
Arthur L. Schawlow, Stanford University, and Theodore W. Hansch, Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics
saturation spectroscopy
Figure 2: The transmission of the weak probe beam is modulated by the high-intensity...
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refraction of light by a prism
Figure 3: Refraction of light by a prism having index n2 immersed...
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Huygens' principle
(A) Huygens' principle applied to both plane and spherical waves. Each point on the...
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electron density functions for four hydrogen atom states
Figure 5: Plots of electron density in the xz plane of atomic hydrogen are...
Daniel Kleppner and William P. Spencer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
periodic table with column indicating subshells
The left column indicates the subshells that are being filled as atomic number Z...
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potential energy curves
Figure 7: (A) Potential energy, V(r), as a function of the internuclear...
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molecular orbital energy-level diagrams
Figure 8: Molecular orbital energy-level diagrams for (A) beryllium hydride, BeH2,...
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tunable laser absorption spectrometer
Figure 10: Tunable laser absorption spectrometer. I1 and I2...
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energy-level diagram
Figure 11: Electronic energy-level diagram for a radical species with one unpaired...
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photoelectric absorption cross section for lead
Figure 12: The photoelectric absorption cross section for lead, showing the absorption...
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X-ray image of coronary artery circulation
Figure 13: A synchrotron X-ray image of the coronary artery circulation of a human...
Edward Rubenstein, Stanford University School of Medicine
resonance-ionization schemes
Figure 14: Photons from lasers are tuned so that their frequencies, hence energies,...
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simple pulse-height spectrum
Figure 4: A simple pulse-height spectrum (such a spectrum might be recorded from...
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elements of pulse-processing systems
Figure 2: (Left) Pulse-processing units commonly used in a pulse-counting system....
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visible solar spectrum
The visible solar spectrum, with prominent Fraunhofer lines representing wavelengths...
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