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atom | the smallest particle of an element that retain all the prperties of that element. |
isotope | atoms of the same element with the same protons but different numbers of neutrons |
radioactiviy | the process in which some substances sponatously emit radiation. |
neutron | a neutral subatomic particle in an atom's nucleus that has a mass naerly equal to that of a proton. |
wavelenght | the shortest distance between equilavant on a countinous wave. |
frequency | th number of waves that pass a given point per second. |
amplitude | the wave's height from the orgin to a crest, or fom the orgin to a trough. |
quantum | the minimum amount of energy that can be gain or lost by an atom. |
photon | a particle of electromagentic radiation with no mass that carries a quantm of energy. |