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Neon Lights & Other Discharge Lamps
Produce light by bombarding atoms with electrons. See how the characteristic spectra of different elements are produced, and configure your own element's energy states to produce light of different colors.
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Teaching Resources
Main Topics
- Light
- Electrons
- Energy Levels
Sample Learning Goals
- Provide a basic design for a discharge lamp and explain the function of the different components.
- Explain the basic structure of an atom and relate it to the color of light produced by discharge lamps.
- Explain why discharge lamps emit only certain colors.
- Design a discharge lamp to emit any desired spectrum of colors.
Tips for Teachers
The teacher's guide (pdf) contains tips created by the PhET team.
Teaching Ideas
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Conductivity: an inquiry activity (also uses other sims)
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Trish Loeblein | HS UG-Intro |
Lab CQs HW |
7/28/12 |
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E/M Waves
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Phil Cook | HS | Lab | 5/9/10 |
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Waves & The Electromagnetic Spectrum
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Phil Cook | HS | HW | 6/6/09 |
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Visualization and Visual Illusions SIM Homework
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Kathy Perkins, Carl Wieman | UG-Intro | HW | 1/9/11 |
| Atomic Spectra and the Composition of Stars | Rhoda Berenson | UG-Intro | Lab | 7/18/14 |
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PhET Sims Aligned to the Chemistry Curriculum
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Julia Chamberlain | HS UG-Intro |
Other | 7/15/14 |
| Discharge Lamps & Flame Tests | Ted Clark | UG-Intro | CQs Lab HW |
7/14/12 |
| Reflectioin and spherical mirror | Pravesh Rohilla | MS HS |
CQs | 10/26/10 |
| The Visible Spectrum | Phil Cook | HS | Lab | 11/21/08 |
| Spectra of Light | Adrian Carmichael | HS | Lab | 4/7/08 |
| Producing Electromagnetic Radiation using a Neon | Nancy Spletzer | HS | Lab | 2/4/07 |
| 네온등과 방전램프 SIM 사용지침서 | 이화국(Wha Kuk Lee) | UG-Intro HS |
Other Lab |
5/8/13 |
You can submit your own ideas and activities.
Translated Versions:
| Language | Language (Translated) | Simulation Title | ||
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| Arabic | العربية | المصابيح المفرغة | Run Now | Download |
| Basque | Basque | Neon Argiak eta Deskarga lanparak | Run Now | Download |
| Bosnian | Bosnian | NEONSKA SVJETLA & DRUGE LAMPE SA PRAŽNJENJEM U GASU | Run Now | Download |
| Brazilian Portuguese | português (Brasil) | Lâmpadas de neônio e outras lâmpadas de descarga | Run Now | Download |
| Chinese - Simplified | 中文 (中国) | 氖灯和其它霓虹灯原理 | Run Now | Download |
| Chinese - Traditional | 中文 (台灣) | Neon Lights & Other Discharge Lamps 氖氣燈和其它氣體放電燈 | Run Now | Download |
| Croatian | hrvatski | Neonsak svjetiljka & druge izbojne lampe | Run Now | Download |
| Danish | Dansk | Neon- og andre udladningslamper | Run Now | Download |
| Dutch | Nederlands | Neonverlichting en andere ontladingslampen | Run Now | Download |
| Estonian | Eesti | Neoonvalgustid ja teised gaaslahenduslambid | Run Now | Download |
| Finnish | suomi | Neonvalot ja loisteputket | Run Now | Download |
| French | français | Lumière néon et autre lampes à décharge | Run Now | Download |
| Galician | Gallegan | Luces de Neón e outras lámpadas de descarga | Run Now | Download |
| Georgian | Georgian | ნეონის ნათება და სხვა გაზგანმუხტვადი ნათურები | Run Now | Download |
| German | Deutsch | Neonlicht und andere Entladungslampen | Run Now | Download |
| Greek | Ελληνικά | Φώτα Νέον & Άλλοι λαμπτήρες εκκένωσης | Run Now | Download |
| Hebrew | עברית | מנורות נאון & נורות פריקה אחרות | Run Now | Download |
| Hungarian | magyar | Neoncsövek & más kisülési lámpák | Run Now | Download |
| Indonesian | Bahasa Indonesia | Lampu Gas Discharge (Neon, Merkuri dsb.) | Run Now | Download |
| Italian | italiano | Luci al neon e altre lampade a scarica | Run Now | Download |
| Japanese | 日本語 | ネオンサインと放電ランプ | Run Now | Download |
| Kazakh | Kazakh | Неон жарықтар және басқалары разрядтық жарықтар | Run Now | Download |
| Korean | 한국어 | 네온등과 방전 램프 | Run Now | Download |
| Kurdish (Turkey) | Kurdish (Turkey) | Ronakên Neon & Lambên Barge Valaker | Run Now | Download |
| Macedonian | македонски | Неонски ламби и други ламби на празнење | Run Now | Download |
| Norwegian Bokmal | Norwegian Bokmål | Neonlys og andre gassutladningslamper | Run Now | Download |
| Persian | Persian | لامپ های نئون و دیگر لامپ های تخليه ی الکتريکى | Run Now | Download |
| Polish | polski | Lampa neonowa i inne lampy wyładowawcze | Run Now | Download |
| Portuguese | português | Neon Lights & Other Discharge Lamps | Run Now | Download |
| Russian | русский | Неоновые и другие газоразрядные лампы | Run Now | Download |
| Serbian | Српски | НЕОНСКА СВЕТЛА & ДРУГЕ ЛАМПЕ СА ПРАЖЊЕЊЕМ У ГАСУ | Run Now | Download |
| Slovak | Slovenčina | Neónové svetlá a ostatné výbojky | Run Now | Download |
| Spanish | español | Luces de Neón y otras Lámparas de Descarga | Run Now | Download |
| Spanish (Peru) | español (Perú) | Luces de Neón & Otras Lámparas de Descarga | Run Now | Download |
| Swedish | svenska | Neonljus & andra urladdningslampor | Run Now | Download |
| Turkish | Türkçe | Neon Işıklar & Diğer Boşalmalı Lambalar | Run Now | Download |
| Turkmen | Turkmen | Neon çyralar we başga gaz-çyraly lampalar | Run Now | Download |
| Ukrainian | українська | Неонова та інші газоразрядні лампи | Run Now | Download |
| Vietnamese | Tiếng Việt | Đèn neon và đèn phóng điện | Run Now | Download |
Software Requirements
| Windows | Macintosh | Linux |
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Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7 Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later
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OS 10.5 or later Sun Java 1.5.0_19 or later
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Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later
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Credits
| Design Team | Third-party Libraries | Thanks To |
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