SPECTROMETER: Project star PS-14

SPECTROMETER: Project Star PS-14

•  A simple ready-to-assemble spectrometer used to observe absorption lines in spectra (Sun, energized elements, Mercury vapor).
•  It includes a film strip and scale for identifying colors by wavelength or photon energy.
•  Suitable education in scientific Astronomy, Chemistry and Physics at high school/college levels.

(Wikipedia excerpt: .."...A spectrometer (/spɛkˈtrɒmɪtər/) is a scientific instrument used to separate and measure spectral components of a physical phenomenon. Spectrometer is a broad term often used to describe instruments that measure a continuous variable of a phenomenon where the spectral components are somehow mixed. In visible light a spectrometer can separate white light and measure individual narrow bands of color, called a spectrum. A mass spectrometer measures the spectrum of the masses of the atoms or molecules present in a gas. The first spectrometers were used to split light into an array of separate colors. Spectrometers were developed in early studies of physics, astronomy, and chemistry. The capability of spectroscopy to determine chemical composition drove its advancement and continues to be one of its primary uses. Spectrometers are used in astronomy to analyze the chemical composition of stars and planets, and spectrometers gather data on the origin of the universe. ....")

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