According to NASA (reference 2), spectroscopes can determine atmospheric composition by analyzing the wavelengths of absorbed sunlight that passes through a given section of the atmosphere. When light passes through a gas, like oxygen or methane, the gas absorbs some of the. An optical spectrometer, like the Ossila USB spectrometer, is the most common type. They take light, separate it by wavelength and create a spectrum which shows the relative intensity of these separate wavelengths. Spectrometers have a wide range of applications and uses. By analyzing how much light is absorbed at specific wavelengths, we can learn. Scientists use spectroscopy to analyze starlight and other signals from outer space, to define the ticks in atomic clocks, to detect chemical pollutants in the air, to determine the composition of soil, clothing, trash and more, and to sniff out markers of disease and drugs in people's breath. based on applied molecular spectroscopy. In the first part of this paper atomic and molecular energy-level structures and fundamental interactions b tween radiation and matter are reviewed.
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