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ChemConnections: Build a Better CD Player: How Can You Get Blue Light from a Solid?
ChemConnections Build a Better CD Player How Can You Get Blue Light from a Solid Author:Herbert Beall, Dean J. Campbell, Arthur B. Ellis, George Lisensky, Joanne Stewart This module challenges students to think about a question in materials design?how to get light out of a solid. Light-emitting solids are essential for many high technology materials and products, including compact disc (CD) players. Students make use of the periodic table to propose color-specific emitting solids based on knowl... more »edge of periodic properties, bonding, electronic transitions, solid structures, and the properties of light.« less