Rosi, T. and Malgieri, M. and Onorato, P. and De Ambrosis, A. and Oss, S. (2017) Studying colours with a smartphone. Il nuovo cimento C, 40 (2). pp. 1-9. ISSN 1826-9885
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Abstract
We show how a low-cost spectrometer, based on the use of inexpensive diffraction transmission gratings coupled with a smartphone photo camera, can be assembled and employed to obtain quantitative measurements of spectra from different sources. The analysis of spectra emitted by different light sources (incandescent bulb, fluorescent lamp, gas lamps, LEDs) helps students understand the different physical mechanisms which govern the production of light. Measurements of emission and transmission spectra allow students to focus on the differences between additive and subtractive models of colour formation. For this purpose the spectra of RGB colours emitted from an LCD screen and the transmission spectra of CMY pigments of a laser printer have been studied, using our low-cost spectroscope. A sequence of experimental activities was designed, and proposed to undergraduate students and secondary school teachers in order to study the feasibility and educational potential.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | 500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 530 Fisica |
| Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Nov 2020 09:33 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Nov 2020 09:33 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/19884 |
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