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Transcribed Image Text:Enter the observed scale values for each of the observed lines listed below and indicate the corresponding wavelength. (Enter
scale values to the nearest 0.1. Enter computed values to the correct number of significant figures.)
Scale Values of Observed Lines (as observed through spectroscope)
Discharge Tube
Observed Line Color
Scale Value (from
spectroscope)
4.05.7 X
Calculated Wavelength
(nm)
4.0
red
green/blue
hydrogen
blue
too low
4.05.1
4.0
4.0
4.0
4.3
4.0
4.0
indigo (violet)
4.0
red
4.0
5.6
4.0
4.0
4.0
argon
green
5.5
blue
4.0 4.5
4.0
red
4.0 6.0
4.0
4.0
neon
orange
6.3
4.0
green
4.0
5.5
4.0
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