Lab Manual: pdf, MSWord

   instrument information:

• Manual for Gaertner L100 Spectrometer (not the same as the one in the lab, but may be useful nevertheless)
• Manual for Pasco Precision Spectrometer (not the same as the one in the lab, but may be useful nevertheless)
• spectrometer alignment hints

    about the material of the prism:

• The prism was bought from Edmund Optics; the material is glass type SF18 (722/293).
• You can find optical properties of the glass by doing a Web search for glass type SF18 or glass code 722/293 or 722293.
  An example is Sumita's glass book or Ohara's glass catalog site    (Excel file)).
• Another useful source is this MS Excel file
• and this
• Look also at this

• Spectra of Gas Discharges