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Chemistry Chapter
Question | Answer |
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form of energy that exhibits wavelike behavior as it travels through space | electromagnetic radiation |
shortest distance between points on a wave | wavelength |
number of waves that pass a point per second | frequency |
was height from the origin to a crest or to a trough | amplitude |
includes all forms of electromagnetic radiation | electromagnetic spectrum |
minimum amout of energy that can be gained or lost by an atom | quantum |
massless particle that carries energy | photon |
lowest energy state of an atom | ground state |
all moving particles have wave characteristics | de broglie equation |
arrangement of atoms | electron configuration |
electrons in atoms outermost orbitals | valence electrons |
electrons probable location | atomic orbital |
size and energy of atomic orbitals | principle quantum number |
impossible to know both velocity and positio of a particle at the same time | heisenberg uncertainty principle |
single electrons with same spin...have equal energy..before accepting other electrons with opposite spins | hunds rule |
each electron occupies the lowest energy orbital avaiable | augbau principle |
each level one is one...level two is two... | energy sublevels |