Neon

The atomic emission spectrum of neon is shown.

Discussion

In order to make the faint green and blue lines in the emission spectrum visible, it was necessary to overexpose this image. As a result, light reflected from the walls of the power supply forms a red background for the spectrum you see. The table below lists a few of the lines in the visible spectrum of neon.

Neon
Color Wavelength (nm)
green 533
green 540
yellow 585
orange 596
orange 603
orange 618
orange 640
red 660

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