Spectroscope Diagram. A spectrometer is any instrument used to probe a property of light as a function of its portion of the electromagnetic spectrum typically its wavelength frequency or energy. It is made by putting thousands of grooves on a plastic film.
A spectroscope is similar to a prism in that it can break up light into its component. Diagram of the construction of the paper towel tube spectroscope from sessino 5 of the afterschool universe program. Ad create color standards formulate color and qcqa color with benchtop spectrophotometers.
At one end of the spectroscope is a square film of material that acts like a prism.
It is made by putting thousands of grooves on a plastic film. Understanding whats going on. The need for a vacuum. The light from a source can consist of a continuous spectrum an emission spectrum bright lines or an absorption spectrum dark lines.