Wednesday, August 5, 2009

The last lab

Our last lab will be the measurement of atomic light emission spectra. It will prove that, although the Bohr model of the atom is provably wrong, and a bit silly at times, there is some truth contained in it.

More to the point: it is better than anything classical we've come up with, so its a good start. That there are more sophisticated models doesn't change the fact that our simple model works for a few things, and nicely at that.

I will be at the lab starting about 3:30 or 3:40, at which time I will probably have a few additional hints about the final.

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