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Are there any charts (information) concerning the elements and Atomic Electron Transition intervals? Does each element have a time it takes from absorption to the time of re-emission?
Concerning Spectral Lines are the result of interaction between a quantum system (atoms) and a single photon.
When a photon has about the right amount of energy to allow a change in the energy state of the system (in the case of an atom this is usually an electron changing orbitals, the photon is absorbed.
Then it will be re-emitted either in the same frequency as the original or in a cascade, where the sum of the energies of the photons emitted will be equal to the energy of the one absorbed (assuming the system returns to its original state).
Concerning Spectral Lines are the result of interaction between a quantum system (atoms) and a single photon.
When a photon has about the right amount of energy to allow a change in the energy state of the system (in the case of an atom this is usually an electron changing orbitals, the photon is absorbed.
Then it will be re-emitted either in the same frequency as the original or in a cascade, where the sum of the energies of the photons emitted will be equal to the energy of the one absorbed (assuming the system returns to its original state).