Talk:Spectrometer
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The confusion surrounding the term spectrometer is not Wikipedia's fault, but we do need to sort it out.
See [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6] for some conflicting definitions.
Work in progress. Ultimately, we need to combine several articles and disambiguate others, so all the accepted usages are clearly explained and so readers of all backgrounds can easily get the information they want. Andrewa 20:09, 1 Dec 2003 (UTC)
See also for some history and other background:
- xray spectrometers
- gamma ray spectroscopy
- spectrometers for use with accelerators
- the making of the spectroscope workshop
- awesome slideshow on history of stellar spectroscopy
- classical spectroscopy
- another course in history of spectroscopy
- product description of spectrometer for measuring thickness
I'll incorporate these links and material as I get time... or feel free! Andrewa 07:00, 2 Dec 2003 (UTC)
[edit] Blackbody
The article says:
When a material is heated to incandescence it emits light that is characteristic of the atomic makeup of the material.
Shouldn't blackbody radiation be mentioned on this place? --Abdull 5 July 2005 15:14 (UTC)
- Everything with any non zero temperature emits blackbody radiation. To the first order, blackbody radiation is independent of the material. --150.203.177.218 06:44, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Fraunhofer or Kirchhoff/Bunsen?
The Joseph von Fraunhofer page describes him as the inventor of the spectroscope. A search for spectrosocope redirects to spectrometer which is said to have been invented by Kirchhoff and Bunsen. No doubt relates to the confusion over the term spectrometer as described below by Andrewa.
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 59.92.140.254 (talk • contribs) .
[edit] Rearding the first sentence
, please note that a spectrometer is not necessarily a optical device!!. For example, s nuclear spectrometer uses no optics. Someone, other than me, could fix that. :)
