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vocab for atoms

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Electromagnetic radiation   a form of energy that exhibits wavelike behavior as it travels through space.  
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Electromagnetic spectrum   all the forms of electromagnetic radiation.  
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Wavelength   the distance between corresponding points on adjacent waves.  
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Frequency   the number of waves that pass a given point in a specific time, usually one second.  
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Visible Light   reflect IR light and transmit visible.  
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Velocity of a wave   distance traversed by a periodic, or cyclic, motion per unit time (in any direction).  
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photoelectric effect   the emission of electrons from a metal when light shines on the metal.  
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quantum   the minimum quantity of energy that can be gained or lost by an atom.  
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Planck’s Constant   is a physical constant reflecting the sizes of quanta in quantum mechanics.  
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Photon   a particle of electromagnetic radiation that has zero rest mass and carries a quantum of energy.  
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Energy of a Photon   symbolized by hv.  
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Ground State   the lowest energy state of an atom.  
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Excited State   a state in which an atom has a higher potential energy than it has in its ground state.  
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Line emission spectrum   a series of specific wavelengths of emitted light created when the visible portion of light from excited atoms is shines through a prism.  
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continuous spectrum   the emission of a continuous range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation.  
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Bohr radius   the radius of the ground state orbit of the hydrogen atom in the bohr theory.  
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Interference   in physics the superpostion of two or more waves resulting in a new wave pattern.  
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Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle   it is impossible to determine simultaneously both the position and velocity of an electron or any other particle.  
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Quantum Theory   a mathematical description of the wave properties of electrons and other very small particles.  
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Quantum Mechanics   a mathematical description of the wave properties of electrons and other very small particles.  
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Orbital   a threedimensional region around the nucleus that indicates the probable location of an electron.  
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Quantum numbers   a number that specifies the properties of atomic orbitals and the properties of electrons in orbitals.  
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Principle Quantum number (n)   the quantum number that indicates the main energy level occupied by the electron.  
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Angular momentum quantum number (l )   the quantum number that indicates the shape of the orbital.  
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Magnetic quantum number (m)   the quantum number that indicates the orientation of an orbital around the nucleus.  
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Spin quantum number (s)   the quantum number that has only two possible values, + ½ and  
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Aufban Principle   an electron occupies the lowest  
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Electron Configuration   the arrangement of electrons in an atom.  
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Pauli Exclusion Principle   no two electrons in the same atom can have the same set of four quantum numbers.  
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Hund’s Rule   orbitals of equal energy are each occupied by in electron before any orbital is occupied by a second electron, and all electrons in singly occupied orbitals must have the same spin.  
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Valence Electron   an electron that is available to be lost, gained, or shared in the formation of chemical compounds.  
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Inner   shell electrons  
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Highest occupied level   the electron containing main energy lecel with the highest principal quantum number.  
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Noble Gas Configuration   an outer main energy level fully occupied in most cases by eight electrons.  
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s sublevel or suborbital   is the lowest energy.  
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p sublevel or suborbital   middle level  
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f sublevel or suborbital   highst energy level  
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