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why red,yellow and violet wavelength has two spectral lines in mercury spectrum?

April 26, 2017mercury red spectral spectrum violet Yellow

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why red,yellow and violet wavelength has two spectral lines in mercury spectrum?

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There are two transitions in the energy levels of mercury that are close to each other in energy difference, therefore the wavelength of the light from these two transitions are very close. See also “fine structure”.