When a beam of white light is passed through sodium vapours and then through a spectrometer, spectrum so obtained has two dark lines present in the yellow region. This spectrum is called

band spectrum

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continuous spectrum

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absorption spectrum of sodium

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emission spectrum of sodium

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Solution

The correct option is C absorption spectrum of sodium
By definition, absorption spectrum is the spectrum of the light transmitted through a material.

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