User:Jason O Archer/Notebook/PHYC 307L Junior Lab/2008/10/27

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Balmer Series Lab 10/27/08
The Procedure to this lab can be found on Pages 27-30 of this PDF lab manual.

Equipment

 * (1) Adam Hilger, Ltd. Constant-Deviation Spectrometer
 * (1) Electro-Technic Products Model SP200 Spectrum Tube Power Supply with
 * (1) Mercury Lamp
 * (1) Hydrogen Lamp
 * (1) Deuterium Lamp
 * Other Elemental Lamps (TBD)

Procedure
I calibrated the eyepiece on the spectrometer by shining a flashlight at the source end. Then, with the mercury lamp, I turned the cross-hatched ring on the eyepiece end to focus the incoming light. then, on Aram's advice, I rotated the prism inside the spectroscope until the violet line from the mercury lamp matched up with a measurement between 404 nm and 405 nm on the dial.

With the slit narrowed to a width marked between 2 and 3 on the source end, I measured the following while turning the dial counter-clockwise:

This data I will use for calibration of the spectroscope for future measurements.


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