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identifying matter
Question | Answer |
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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 |