EMISSION LINE ENERGY
Text: An emission line energy (ELE) is the amount of energy which can be gained or lost by 1 gram atom of an element undergoing a specific electronic transition. Emission line energies are expressed as kilocalories per mole of quanta. Their values are always positive numbers. Each is an intrinsic property of an atom.
See Also: SPECTRAL ENERGY; FRAUNHOFER LINES
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