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Line emission spectra are often called finger print of atoms.

(a) Justify the above statement.

(b) Yellow light emitted from a sodium lamp has a wave length (X) of 580 nm. Calculate the frequency and wave number of this yellow light.

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(a) Each element has a unique line emission spectrum. The characteristic lines in atomic spectra can be used in chemical analysis to identify unknown atoms in the same way as finger prints are used to identify people.

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