Open AccessThe emission hand spectrum of chlorine. III. Continua
Author(s) -
W. Cameron,
Ashley Elliott
Publication year - 1939
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series a, mathematical and physical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.814
H-Index - 135
eISSN - 2053-9169
pISSN - 0080-4630
DOI - 10.1098/rspa.1939.0010
Subject(s) - chlorine , excited state , afterglow , spectral line , emission spectrum , atomic physics , spectrum (functional analysis) , chemistry , physics , astrophysics , quantum mechanics , gamma ray burst , organic chemistry
The work to be described is a continuation of our previous research on the molecular spectra of chlorine (Elliott and Cameron 1937, 1938), and deals with the ultra-violet continua. These continua were described in our earlier paper and the wave-lengths of the maxima of intensity given, for the spectrum excited by the high-frequency electrical discharge in chlorine. From the work of Strutt and Fowler (1912) it was known that the spectrum of chlorine excited by active nitrogen differed from that given by the high frequency discharge. It seemed worth while to re-examine the chlorine afterglow spectrum and to compare it with the high-frequency spectrum; the results, as will be shown, enable a beginning to be made in the interpretation of these continua.