Representative Emission-line Spectra of Different Atoms

Note: These images are synthetic spectra of various gas discharge lamps created using a special Java Applet written by John Talbot. The only exception is the Mercury spectrum, which was composed by me.

Hydrogen (1 electron)

Helium (2 electrons)

Nitrogen (7 electrons)

Oxygen (8 electrons)

Neon (10 electrons)

Sulfur (16 electrons)

Argon (18 electrons)

Iron (26 electrons)

Krypton (36 electrons)

Xenon (54 electrons)

Mercury (80 electrons)