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Chemistry Stack One
Chemisty Stack One
Question | Answer |
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Electromagnatic Radiation | a form of energy exhibiting wavelike behavior as it travels through space |
Wavelength | The shortest distant between equivalent points on a continuous wave |
Frequency | The number of waves that pass through a given point per second |
Amplitude | the height of a wave from origin to trough or crest |
Electromagnetic Spectrum | all forms of electromagnetic radiation, with the only differnces being their frequency and wavelengths |
Quantum | the minimum amount of energy that can be gained or lost by an atom |
Planck's Constant | the symbol for joules the SI unit of energy |
Photoelectric effect | effect when light of a certain frequency shines on a certain surface |
Photon | a particle of electromagnetic radiation with no mass that carries a quantum wave of energy |
Atomic emission spectrum | the set of frequencies of the electromagnetic waves emitted by atoms of the element |
ground state | lowest allowable energy state of an atom |
the Brogile equation | predicts that all moving particles have wave characteristics |
Heisenburg uncertaity Priciple | |
Quantum mechanical model of an atom | |
atomic orbital | |
prinicipal quantum number | |
pricipal energy level | |
energy sublevel |