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Posted by josh on Monday, November 2, 2009 at 9:17pm.

how are the colors in a spectrum from an atom different from those in a rainbow? I think it is that the spectrum colors are more distinct and not "fuzzy" like a rainbow but I'm not sure

• physics - bobpursley, Monday, November 2, 2009 at 9:19pm

  true. The sunlight spectrum is the result of all elements spectra coming from the sun, whereas one atom is a tiny part of the spectum.

  
  

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