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Q.Splitting of spectral lines in an electric field is called:

(a) Compton effect
(b) Stark effect
(c) Zeeman effect
(d) Shielding effect
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Splitting of spectral lines under an applied electric field is called the Stark effect.

When atoms that are emitting or absorbing radiation are placed in a strong external electric field, their spectral lines split into several closely spaced components. This is the Stark effect, discovered by Johannes Stark, and it arises because the electric field perturbs (shifts) the energy levels of the atom depending on their orientation relative to the field.

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