Cerium (Ce) in plasma

Cerium gives a hard white ring wrapped around a dark centre. When a discharge runs this bright the interior reads as black by contrast, and genuinely does carry less light: the plasma is a shell, not a filled disc.

Cerium chloride + Kr

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• Cerium (Ce) glowing plasma discharge, video 15 of 15

Periodic Table of Plasma