Solar Spectrum wavelength in Å Joseph von Fraunhofer, 1814
Radiation from hot objects
Emission Spectra Emission spectrum of Hydrogen
Emission Spectra Emission spectrum of Hydrogen Emission spectrum of Iron
Kirchhoff’s Three Laws of Spectroscopy: Light from a hot solid object has a continuous spectrum with no dark lines The same light, passed through a cool gas has the same spectrum, but with certain wavelengths missing dark lines (absorption spectrum) Light emitted by a hot gas bright lines superimposed on an otherwise black background emission spectrum UV IR
Blackbody Radiation
Thompson’s Plum Pudding Model raisins pudding electrons are discrete particles embedded in a smeared out positive background charge
Rutherford’s Experiment
Rutherford’s Experiment
Rutherford’s Experiment Scattering Intensity (arb. units) Thompson model [°] Rutherford’s data
Rutherford’s Experiment
Atomic Spectra
Louis Victor Pierre Raymond, Matter Waves Louis Victor Pierre Raymond, 7e Duke of Broglie (1892 - 1987) Nobel Prize for Physics, 1922 < picture from www.wikipedia.org >
Electron Microscopy Carbon Nanotubes Ebola Reston CdSe Nanoparticles (Virginia) CdSe Nanoparticles