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chemistery words
Question | Answer |
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atom | The smallest particle of an element that retains all the properties of that element. |
wave lenghth | the shortest distance beetween equilvant points on a continous wave |
frequency | the number of waves that pass a given point per second |
amplitude | the height of the way from the orgin to a crest or from the orgin to a trough |
photon | a particle of electromagnetic radation with no mass that carries a quantum of energy |
electromagnetic spectrum | includes all forms of electromagnetic radation with the only differences in the types of radation being their frequiences and wave lengths |
isotope | atoms of the same element with the same number of protons but different number of neutrons |
radioactivity | the process in wich some substances spontaneously emit radation |
neutron | the neutral subatomic particle in an atoms nucleus that has a mass nearly equal to a proton |