Asked by shelly

A lamp filament is made of tungsten. Why do we get a continuous spectrum rather than a tungsten line spectrum when light from an incandescent lamp is viewed with a spectroscope?
Answered by Jennifer
The tungsten filament emits white light, or the entire spectrum of colors of light. (look at any light bulb when its on). When the light is viewed with a spectroscope, it separates the white light into the different colors.
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