Spectra of Gas Discharges

Color spectra of elements undergoing electrical discharge excitation. These are elements found in the solar spectrum.
This page was borrowed from a portion J. Talbot's page located at this link, and transferred because his page is blocked by web page filtering software, and therefore unavailable to my students.

 1
H

The Light Elements
2
He
3
Li
4
Be
5
B
6
C
7
N
8
O
9
F
10
Ne
11
Na
12
Mg
13
Al
14
Si
15
P
16
S
17
Cl
18
Ar
19
K
20
Ca
26
Fe
32
Ge
33
As
34
Se
35
Br
36
Kr
  38
Sr 
          54
Xe
 

56
Ba
           

Atomic No. 1 - Hydrogen

Atomic No. 2 - Helium

Atomic No. 3 - Lithium

Atomic No. 6 - Carbon

Atomic No. 7 - Nitrogen

Atomic No. 8 - Oxygen

Atomic No. 10 - Neon

Atomic No. 11 - Sodium

Atomic No. 12 - Magnesium

Atomic No. 13 - Aluminum

Atomic No. 14 - Silicon

Atomic No. 16 - Sulfur

Atomic No. 18 - Argon

Atomic No. 20 - Calcium

Atomic No. 26 - Iron

Atomic No. 36 - Krypton

Atomic No. 38 - Strontium

Atomic No. 54 - Xenon

Atomic No. 56 - Barium