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| Electromagnetic radiation |
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| is a form of energy that exhibits wavelike behavior as it travels through space |
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| all the forms of electromagnetic radiation form this |
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| is the distance between corresponding point on adjacent waves |
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| is defined as the number of waves that pass a given point in a specific time, usually one second |
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| refers to the emission of electrons from a metal when light shines on the metal |
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| is the minimum quantity of energy that can be lost or gained by an atom |
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| a state in which an atom has a higher energy than it has in its ground state |
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| when a narrow beam of the emitted light was shined through a prism, it was separated into four specific colors of the visible spectrum |
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| the emission of a continuous range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation |
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Heinsenberg uncertainty principle |
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| states that it is impossible to determine simultaneously both the position and velocity of an electron or any other particle. |
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| describes mathematically the wave properties of electrons and other very small particles. |
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| is a three dimesional region around the nucleus that indicates the probable location of an electron |
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| specify the properties of atomic orbitals and the properties of elctrons in orbitals |
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| symbolized by n, indicates the main energy level occupied by the electron |
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| Angular momentum quantum number |
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| symbolized by 1, indicates the shape of the orbital. |
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| symbolized by m, indicates the orientation of an orbital around the nucleus. |
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| has only two possible values (+1/2, -1/2), which indicate the two fundemental spin states of an electron in an orbital |
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| an electron occupies the lowest energy orbital that can recieve it |
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| the arrangement of electrons in an atom |
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| Pauli exclusion principle |
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| no two electons in the same atom can have the same set of four quantum numbers. |
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| orbitals of equal energy are each occupied by one electron before any orbital is occupied by a second electron, and all electrons in singly occupied orbitals must have the same spin state |
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| refers to the outer amin energy level occupied in most cases, by eight electrons. |
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