Timeline for Why are spectrums of incandescent light bulbs continuous despite the presence of Argon around them?
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| Feb 18, 2021 at 7:58 | comment | added | niels nielsen | Heat promotes ionization. Ionization renders the gas electrically conductive. Once conductive, it self-heats via the flow of electricity through it. The easiest ionization is always that involving the outermost (valence) shell, so even if the next inner shell loses electrons (which takes more energy) the process always starts with the outermost one. | |
| Feb 17, 2021 at 23:36 | comment | added | user1079505 | For the argon inside a light bulb to affect the passage of light through it in a measurable way, it needs to be hot enough to be ionized. Could you explain this? 1. Why do you consider ionization only, and not transition between electron shells? 2. Why does the gas need to be hot? | |
| Feb 17, 2021 at 17:08 | history | answered | niels nielsen | CC BY-SA 4.0 |