XLIII. Excitation of the Balmer series lines in hydrogen spark channels
- 1 May 1948
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Computers in Education
- Vol. 39 (292), 329-344
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14786444808561077
Abstract
Experiments on the determination of the Balmer series decrements, i.e. the intensity ratios for certain Balmer lines, for short sparks in hydrogen at 1 atmosphere pressure, are discussed. From the results, deductions concerning the excitation conditions in the spark channels are made and it is shown that, whilst the results are complex, a pure recombination or thermal excitation mechanism is unlikely to explain them and that electron excitation appears to be the operative mechanism for the conditions studied.Keywords
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