Learning to Recognize Element Spectra - Cheat Sheet

Simple Spectra with Few Bright Lines



Lithium.


Bismuth.


Germanium.


Tin.
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Lookalikes: Red/Aqua Dominated, Yellow Dominated



Hydrogen.


Helium.


Cadmium.


Sodium.


Zinc.
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Lookalikes: Green Dominated, Blue/Violet Dominated



Beryllium.


Indium.


Potassium.


Magnesium.

Cesium.


Gallium.


Silver.
 
Rubidium.

Thallium.
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Lookalikes: Multicolor



Rhenium.


Krypton.


Gold.


Mercury.

Several Well Separated Lines

Red/Orange Dominated


Fluorine.


Argon.
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Lookalikes: Red/Orange Dominated



Carbon.


Calcium.


Scandium.


Antimony.


Strontium.


Vanadium.


Europium.


Barium.


Yttrium.
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Yellow/Green Dominated



Aluminum.


Iodine.
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Lookalikes: Yellow/Green Dominated


Phosphorus.


Chromium.


Ytterbium.


Cobalt.


Copper.


Platinum.


Rhodium.


Palladium.
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Red+Blue Dominated


Boron.


Manganese.


Xenon.
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Lookalikes: Aqua/Blue Dominated


Titanium.

Titanium.

Ruthenium.

Ruthenium.

Iridium.

Iridium.
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Multicolor



Chlorine.
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Lookalikes: Multicolor


Nitrogen.

Nitrogen.

Lead.

Lead.


Bromine.

Bromine.

Promethium.
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Swaths of Lines



Oxygen.


Neon.
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Lookalikes: Orange/Yellow Dominated


Gadolinium.

Gadolinium.

Samarium.

Samarium.

Terbium.

Terbium.

Dysprosium.

Dysprosium.

Uranium.

Uranium.
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Lookalikes: Green Dominated


Holmium.

Holmium.

Erbium.

Erbium.

Thulium.

Thulium.
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Lookalikes: Green+Violet Dominated



Iron.


Molybdenum.


Cerium.


Osmium.
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Lookalikes: Aqua/Blue Dominated



Sulfur.


Nickel.


Arsenic.


Lanthanum.

Technetium.


Tungsten.


Tellurium.


Praseodymium.


Selenium.

Thorium.
 

Neodymium.
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Dense Thicket of Lines Spanning Most of the Visible Region


Silicon.

Silicon.

Zirconium.

Zirconium.

Niobium.

Niobium.

Hafnium.

Hafnium.

Tantalum.

Tantalum.
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