Absorption Spectra

Absorption Spectra

When the light emitted from a source is made to pass through an absorbing material and then examined with a spectrometer, the obtained spectrum is called absorption spectrum. It is the characteristic of the absorbing substance.

               

               Absorption spectra is also of three types

            

               1. Continuous absorption spectrum

               2. Line absorption spectrum 

              

                   and

               3. Band absorption spectrum