Radiation of which bodies give: a) continuous spectrum; b) line spectrum?
August 30, 2020 | Education
| a) A continuous spectrum is given by incandescent (heated to several thousand degrees) solids, liquids and dense gases. A continuous spectrum is also given by high-temperature plasma, b) Each substance in a gaseous atomic state at low pressures (that is, under the condition of weak interaction of atoms with each other) has a line emission characteristic only for it.
