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identifying matter
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| qualitative | qualities about the substance...color,size etc |
| quantitative | number information about the substance, an amount |
| spectroscopy | the study of electromagnetic radiation emitted or absorbed by a given chemical species |
| spectroscopy | used to identify and quantify matter, important in chemical analysis |
| radiation | light within the electromagnetic spectrum |
| electromagnetic spectrum | a continuum of energies ranging from high-energy gamma and x-rays to low energy radio and microwaves |
| visible light | the part of the spectrum from 400 to 700 nanometers |
| wavelength | the distance between successive peaks of a wave |
| frequency | the time it takes a wave to pass a fixed point |
| elements | are made up of atoms |
| stucture of an atom | protons and neutrons in the center and electrons surrounding the nucleus |
| isotopes | any of the different types of atoms of the same chemical emement, each having a different atomic mass |