Room setup; note how setups are staggered |
Place spectrometer on wood platform;
elevates to proper position on H-tube
|
Side view: spectrometer on platform |
If there aren't enough platforms, other wood
chunks can be used. |
Sodium sources are set up on back side of rear benches when
only 6 spectrometers are used |
Both sides of the sodium source are used |
The slit aperture on sodium source
(Note that rods are removed during use!) |
A light aperture (center) with the rods removed is used on the side(s)
of the sodium source observed with a spectrometer. A light block (left)
is used if a side of the source is not used |
Sodium source placed on right-side bench along wall when
7 or 8 spectrometers are used |
Demo bulbs and 2x2 diffraction gratings set up on right-side bench (L-R):
Incandescent bulb (continuous spectrum); Helium; Neon; Argon; Reveal© bulb (absorption spectrum).
Note black cloth behind bulbs |