Halite
Visible-NIR Spectra
(300 - 3000 nm)
Halite, NaCl, would be colorless if free of other components and radiation damage.
Image of the halite
absorption spectrum
- Modified
from Lehmann
(1998).
The color of this material comes from colloidal sodium metal which
forms from the diffusion and aggregration of sodium atoms formed when
the crystal is irradiated with ionizing radiation. Data Files: 24 K
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