Question

What is Zeeman effect?

Answer 1

1. The Zeeman effect occurs when a spectral line splits into many components in the presence of a static magnetic field.
2. Pieter Zeeman was the scientist who discovered this phenomenon.
3. The effect is caused by the magnetic field distorting electron orbitals.
4. A magnetic field affects the atomic energy levels and the transitions between them.
5. When magnetic fields are present, the atomic energy levels are split into a larger number of levels, as well as the spectral lines.