Learning to Recognize Element Spectra - Cheat Sheet
Simple Spectra with Few Bright Lines
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Lithium.
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Bismuth.
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Germanium.
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Tin.
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Lookalikes: Red/Aqua Dominated, Yellow Dominated
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Hydrogen.
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Helium.
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Cadmium.
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Sodium.
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Zinc.
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Lookalikes: Green Dominated, Blue/Violet Dominated
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Beryllium.
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Indium.
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Potassium.
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Magnesium.
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Cesium.
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Gallium.
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Silver.
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Rubidium.
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Thallium.
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Lookalikes: Multicolor
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Rhenium.
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Krypton.
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Gold.
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Mercury.
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Several Well Separated Lines
Red/Orange Dominated
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Lookalikes: Red/Orange Dominated
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Carbon.
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Calcium.
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Scandium.
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Antimony.
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Strontium.
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Vanadium.
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Europium.
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Barium.
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Yttrium.
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Yellow/Green Dominated
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Lookalikes: Yellow/Green Dominated
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Phosphorus.
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Chromium.
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Ytterbium.
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Cobalt.
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Copper.
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Platinum.
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Rhodium.
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Palladium.
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Red+Blue Dominated
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Lookalikes: Aqua/Blue Dominated
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Titanium.
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Titanium.
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Ruthenium.
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Ruthenium.
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Iridium.
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Iridium.
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Multicolor
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Chlorine.
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Lookalikes: Multicolor
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Nitrogen.
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Nitrogen.
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Lead.
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Lead.
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Bromine.
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Bromine.
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Promethium.
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Swaths of Lines
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Lookalikes: Orange/Yellow Dominated
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Gadolinium.
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Gadolinium.
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Samarium.
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Samarium.
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Terbium.
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Terbium.
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Dysprosium.
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Dysprosium.
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Uranium.
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Uranium.
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Lookalikes: Green Dominated
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Holmium.
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Holmium.
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Erbium.
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Erbium.
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Thulium.
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Thulium.
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Lookalikes: Green+Violet Dominated
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Iron.
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Molybdenum.
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Cerium.
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Osmium.
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Lookalikes: Aqua/Blue Dominated
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Sulfur.
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Nickel.
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Arsenic.
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Lanthanum.
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Technetium.
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Tungsten.
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Tellurium.
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Praseodymium.
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Selenium.
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Thorium.
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Neodymium.
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Dense Thicket of Lines Spanning Most of the Visible Region
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Silicon.
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Silicon.
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Zirconium.
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Zirconium.
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Niobium.
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Niobium.
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Hafnium.
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Hafnium.
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Tantalum.
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Tantalum.
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