The Schumann–Runge bands are a set of
absorption band
In spectroscopy, an absorption band is a range of wavelengths, frequency, frequencies or energies in the electromagnetic spectrum that are characteristic of a particular transition from initial to final state in a substance.
According to quantum ...
s of
molecular oxygen that occur at wavelengths between 176 and 192.6 nanometres.
The bands are named for
Victor Schumann
Victor Schumann (21 December 1841 – 1 September 1913) was a physicist and spectroscopist who in 1893 discovered the vacuum ultraviolet.
Schumann studied the extreme ultraviolet region of the electromagnetic spectrum. For this, he used a Pr ...
and
Carl Runge.
See also
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Triplet oxygen
Triplet oxygen, 3O2, refers to the ''S'' = 1 electronic ground state of molecular oxygen (dioxygen). Molecules of triplet oxygen contain two unpaired electrons, making triplet oxygen an unusual example of a stable and commonly encountered diradi ...
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Atmospheric chemistry
Atmospheric chemistry is a branch of atmospheric science that studies the chemistry of the Earth's atmosphere and that of other planets. This multidisciplinary approach of research draws on environmental chemistry, physics, meteorology, comput ...
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