Focus 1B/C
2 waves combining in the same phase to produce a wave with a larger amplitude
What is constructive interference?
2 waves combining out of phase to produce a wave with a smaller amplitude
What is destructive interference?
The term describing a particle's intrinsic angular momentum
What is spin?
The shape of the s orbital
The statement that position and momentum cannot be known simultaneously with unlimited precision
What is the Heisenberg uncertainty principle?
The wavelength all particles possess which is dependent on their momentum
What is the de Broglie wavelength?
The coordinate system involving r, Φ, and θ
What are spherical coordinates?
What does the equation En = -2.18*10-18(Z2/n2) solve for?
What is the energy of an electron in a one-electron system?
A function that varies with a state's position that contains all information knowable about that system
What is a wavefunction (Ψ)?
The ejection of electrons from a metal when its surface is exposed to electromagnetic radiation
What is the photoelectric effect?
The quantum number describing the shell an electron occupies
What is the principal quantum number (n)?
The quantum number that describes an orbital's shape or subshell
What is orbital angular momentum quantum number (l)?
The minimum frequency required for electrons to be ejected off of a metal (regardless of intensity)
What is the threshold frequency?
The probability of finding a particle in a given volume
What is Ψ2 * volume?
The term describing how orbitals of an energy level have the same energy
What is degenerate?
The quantum number determining the orientation of the orbital in space
What is the magnetic quantum number (ml)
An idealized object that absorbs all wavelengths of light equally well
What is a blackbody?
The regions described when Ψ2 is 0
What is a node?
What is the radial distribution function?
For which variables does the wavefunction of the s orbital depend on?
What is r?