Re: [Phys-L] Hydrogen Spectrum Virtual Lab

[Jeffrey Schnick <JSchnick@Anselm.Edu>]

Thanks Dean,
   Pending feedback from one of my Mac-user colleagues (and depending on how long I estimate it will take students to analyze the photo Barry sent me), I plan to incorporate the Spectroscopy Lab Suite into the lab.  Kudos on some cool software.
Jeff

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phys-l <phys-l-bounces@mail.phys-l.org> On Behalf Of Zollman, Dean
> Sent: Tuesday, April 7, 2020 12:22 PM
> To: phys-l@mail.phys-l.org
> Subject: Re: [Phys-L] Hydrogen Spectrum Virtual Lab
>
> On 4/7/2020 6:05 AM, Jeffrey Schnick via Phys-l wrote:
> > Anybody got any ideas for a virtual hydrogen spectrum lab for an
> > algebra-based physics course for life science majors?  They will have
> > studied two-slit interference and will have been introduced to the
> > hydrogen atom.  I used to teach a lab where students took a picture of
> > a hydrogen lamp through a grating with a black and white instant
> > polaroid camera.  The film was sensitive to visible and infrared
> > radiation.  The difficulty for the students in analyzing the photo was
> > establishing the angular scale; that represents a geometry problem
> > appropriate for the class.  The difficulty for me right now is, I
> > didn't save any of the photos and I'm not finding any on line.  Still
> > that's just one possible direction for the lab.  The PHET simulators
> > relevant to that topic seem to be java programs and I seem to recall
> > there being a security issue with java.  I don't really want to ask
> > the students to install a java runtime environment on their computers
> > and I'm not sure it is an option for all of
>   them.
>
>
> You might find our spectroscopy programs helpful.  Spectroscopy Lab Suite
> covers creating energy level models in the  the visible spectrum for a variety
> of light emitting devices,  Hydrogen Spectroscopy is just hydrogen but
> includes IR and UV.  Both programs are stand alone (no Java needed) and can
> be downloaded from
> https://www.phys.ksu.edu/ksuper/research/vqm/software/.
> Unfortunately, the on-line versions are no longer compatible with
> contemporary browsers.  But the downloadable versions run on both
> Windows and Macs.
>
> --
> Dean Zollman
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