|
|
Article: Spectroscopy
- Article from:
- Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, andSecurity
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2004 The Gale Group Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Spectroscopy
█
JULI BERWALD
Spectroscopy is the measurement of the absorption, scattering, or emission of electromagnetic radiation by atoms or molecules. Absorption is the transfer of electromagnetic energy from a source to an atom or molecule. Scattering is the redirection of light as a result of its interaction with matter. Emission is the transition of electromagnetic energy from a one energy level to another energy level that results in the emission of a photon.
When atoms or molecules absorb electromagnetic energy, the incoming energy transfers the quantized atomic or molecular system to a higher energy level. Electrons are promoted to higher orbitals by ultraviolet ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
|
|
Article: Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Electromagnetic ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
September 20, 2007 ;
440 words
... ... of Sewickley, Pa., has developed an electromagnetic energy concentrating apparatus. According to ... Office: "An apparatus for concentrating electromagnetic energy comprises a metallic transducer including ...
|
|