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vocab

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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 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 specific point in a certain amount of time  
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Visible Light   Electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual image that can be seen with the naked eye  
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Velocity of a wave   Measure of the rate of change of a wave  
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Photoelectric effect   The emission of an electron from a metal when light shines on the metal  
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quantum   The minimum amount of energy that can be lost or gained by an atom  
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Planck’s Constant   This relates the energy of a photon to the frequency of that photon. Its value is approximately 6.626 × 10 -34 joule-seconds  
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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   The capability to transfer heat to a photon  
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Ground State   Lowest energy state of an atom  
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Excited State   A state where an atom has a higher potential energy than it has in its ground state  
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Line-emission spectrum   A series of specified wavelenghts of emitted light is separated into a series of specific frequencies of visible light  
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continuous spectrum   Emission of a continuous range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation  
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Bohr radius   The radius of the n=1 orbital in hydrogen  
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Interference   Waves overlap which causes a reduction of energy in some areas and an increase in others  
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Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle   States it is impossible to determine the position and velocity of an electron or other particle  
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Quantum Theory or Quantum Mechanics (same definition for both of these so list them together)   Describes wave properties of electrons and other particles  
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Orbital   3-D region around the nucleus and the probable place of an electron  
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Quantum numbers   specify the properties of atomic orbitals and the properties of electrons in orbitals  
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Principle Quantum number (n)   Indicates the main energy level occupied by electrons  
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Angular momentum quantum number (l )   Indicates shape of the orbital  
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Magnetic quantum number (m)   Indicates the orientation of an orbital around the nucleus  
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Spin quantum number (s)   Indicates the two fundamental spin states of an electron in a orbital  
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Aufban Principle   An electron occupies the lowest energy orbital that can receive it  
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Electron Configuration   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 one electron before any orbitals must have the same spin  
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Valence Electron   the electrons of an atom that can participate in the formation of chemical bonds with other atoms  
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Inner-shell electrons   Electrons that are not in the highest energy level  
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Highest occupied level   The electron containing main energy level with the highest principal quantum number  
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Noble Gas Configuration   Outer main energy level fully occupied in most cases by 8 electrons  
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s sublevel or sub-orbital   A spherically symmetrical atomic orbital  
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p sublevel or sub-orbital   The orbital of an atomic electron with an orbital angular momentum quantum number of unity  
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f sublevel or sub-orbital   corresponds to an electron orbital with angle momentum quantum number l = 3.  
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