Representative Visible-Light Emission-Line
Spectra of Various Chemical Elements

Hydrogen (1 electron)

Helium (2 electrons)

Carbon (6 electrons)

Nitrogen (7 electrons)

Oxygen (8 electrons)

Neon (10 electrons)

Argon (18 electrons)

Iron (26 electrons)

Krypton (36 electrons)

Xenon (54 electrons)

Mercury (80 electrons)

Data to create these graphs is from the NIST Atomic Spectra Database.
Updated: 2013 August 16
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