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| Kirchhoff's law | quantum law | (1) To each chemical species there corresponds a characteristic spectrum. (2) Every element is capable of absorbing the radiation which it is able to emit; this is the phenomenon of the reversal of the lines. | |
| Kirchhoff's first law | Kirchhoff's law | To each chemical species there corresponds a characteristic spectrum. | 
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