Spectrograph analysis

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Also known as spectrometry, a spectrographic analysis is a process where chemical elements are determined by measuring the wavelengths or spectral line intensity of a sample of matter. The wavelength or spectral line can be obtained by a form of excitation such as infra-red.

Orion vessels emit a unique trail of radioactive waste that is visible on a spectral analysis.