Sunday, September 27, 2009

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Today was a very fun day.

We learned how you can see the rainbow in the visible spectrum coming off of other light emitting objects. Using the tools Dr. Bautista gave us, we would look at the light and the different elements she put up on her desk. We saw that different elements emitted different colors of the rainbow in the spectrum. This is because when you send energy through the element tube, the electrons in the element get excited. When they get excited, they jump from one energy level to the other. That jump emitts light. Depending on how far and from what enery levels the electrons come from and go to, different colors of the rainbow will be seen.

We also played with fire which i thought was the coolest part of the whole day. When you spray borax on a big open flame and a candle, the flame changes from its original color to green. When you spray stronium nitrate into a big open flame and a candle, the flame changes from its original color to a bright red. We also saw that when you spray these two chemicals in an big open flame and a candle, the flame from the candle is a whole lot bigger than the one emitted by the big open flame.

This pretty much wraps up what we did in class on Friday.

P.S. Dr. Bautista always said to clean up after you do lab!!!
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22 comments:

  1. Patrick BloseSeptember 27, 2009 at 3:46 PM

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visible_spectrum

    This website goes into greater detail on the visible spectrum.

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  2. Griff MoranSeptember 27, 2009 at 3:54 PM

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J8iEIQBlxc

    This is a video that shows and explains the visible spectrum of light

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  3. Colby "Girlfraand" MabrySeptember 27, 2009 at 4:27 PM

    http://physics.about.com/od/lightoptics/a/vislightspec.htm

    this website does a very good job of going into detail about the visible spectrum of light and of some of it's properties.

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  4. Will BrantleySeptember 27, 2009 at 5:51 PM

    Here's a site that about the electromagnetic spectrum
    http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/emspectrum.html

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  5. Matt FarrellSeptember 27, 2009 at 6:00 PM

    Here is a sit that goes into depth about the spectrum of light and the spectroscope we used in class.

    http://loke.as.arizona.edu/~ckulesa/camp/spectroscopy_intro.html

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  6. Andrew ParmenterSeptember 27, 2009 at 6:33 PM

    more information about the electromagnetic spectrum

    http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l2/emspectrum.html

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  7. Jim AlrutzSeptember 27, 2009 at 6:34 PM

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiA9xMGT0n4

    That video shows what happens when you light solid strontium nitrate on fire, but it's basically the same as the liquid (don't try it at home). For more useful information, this site has a quick rundown of the electromagnetic spectrum.

    http://www.lbl.gov/MicroWorlds/ALSTool/EMSpec/EMSpec2.html

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  8. Chris MathewsSeptember 27, 2009 at 7:05 PM

    Just like to say that the colts won and to see some sweet videos about the same things we saw in class go to this webstie..

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfS5Qn0wn2o

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  9. Alex BlandSeptember 27, 2009 at 7:15 PM

    This website explains upon the spectrum of visible light.

    http://science.hq.nasa.gov/kids/imagers/ems/visible.html

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  10. Taylor AdkinsSeptember 27, 2009 at 7:15 PM

    A website about the electromagnetic spectrum http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/light/spectrum.html

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  11. Evan HarknettSeptember 27, 2009 at 7:22 PM

    This site has some good information about the electrmagnetic spectrum
    http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/light/spectrum.html

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  12. Peter WetzelSeptember 27, 2009 at 7:29 PM

    This site is very helpful in explaining about the electro magnetic spectrum
    science.hq.nasa.gov/kids/imagers/ems/ems.html

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  13. Donnie SheaSeptember 27, 2009 at 8:05 PM

    Nice to see that Matt finally got the blog up. But anyways, this site explains different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum:

    http://hyperphysics.phy-str.gsu.edu/hbase/ems3.html

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  14. joe "kitty" krebsSeptember 27, 2009 at 8:26 PM

    http://www.iit.edu/~smile/ch96m4.html

    this site
    is about light
    knowledge is might
    rhyming is tight

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  15. Will LongSeptember 28, 2009 at 5:13 AM

    This site explains the electromagnetic spectrum.

    http://www.geo.mtu.edu/rs/back/spectrum/

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  16. (The) David RaySeptember 28, 2009 at 5:23 AM

    This site goes into depth on the electromagnetic spectrum.
    http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/emspectrum.html

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  17. Charlie FisherSeptember 28, 2009 at 5:31 AM

    this website explains the importance of emission spectra
    http://www.800mainstreet.com/spect/emission-flame-exp.html

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  18. DuklewskiSeptember 28, 2009 at 5:36 AM

    this website explains how the visible light waves work... its really good

    http://science.hq.nasa.gov/kids/imagers/ems/visible.html

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  19. Mr. ScullySeptember 28, 2009 at 5:43 AM

    Here's a link to another blog where they discuss why different atoms emit different light.

    http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080824154610AAdqWPg

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  20. Patrick SweeneySeptember 28, 2009 at 5:54 AM

    Here is a great website that helped me to understand the light spectrum.

    http://physics.about.com/od/lightoptics/a/vislightspec.htm

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  21. Ben SmithSeptember 28, 2009 at 3:40 PM

    http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/ems3.html

    Good website showing the electromagnetic spectrum

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  22. Jacob PoseySeptember 28, 2009 at 3:42 PM

    http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/light/spectrum.html

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