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Quantum Numbers
Wave Parts
100
A form of energy that exhibits wavelike behavior as it travels through space.
What is EM radiation
100
Single electrons with the same spin occupy each orbital before additional electrons with opposite spins can occupy the same orbital.
What is Hund's Rule
100
Electrons in the atom's outermost orbitals
What is a valence electron
100
Represented by n, positive whole number, and is like the state in address
What is the principle quantum number?
100
Number of waves to pass a given point per second.
What is frequency
200
Encompasses all forms of electromagnetic radiation.
What is the EM spectrum
200
Maximum of 2 electrons may occupy a single orbital. But only if the electrons have opposite spins.
What is Pauli's Exclusion Principle
200
Predicts that all moving particles have wave characteristics
What is de Broglie equation
200
Represented by l, l=0 to (n-1), represented by s= l=0, p= l=1, d= l=2, f= l=3, and like city in address.
What is energy sub-level?
200
The top of a wave.
What is crest?
300
Lowest allowable energy state of an atom
What is ground state
300
Each electron occupies the lowest energy orbital available.
What is Aufbau Principle
300
The minimum amount of energy that can be gained or lost by an electron
What is a quantum
300
Represented by m, m= -l to l, circles, and like street in address.
What are orbitals
300
The bottom of a wave
What is trough
400
Electrons are emitted from a metal's surface when light of a certain frequency shines on the surface
What is the photoelectric effect
400
Fundamentally impossible to know precisely both velocity and position of a particle at once
What is Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle
400
Set frequencies of the EM waves emitted by atoms of an element
What is the atomic emission spectrum
400
Represented by s, s= +- 1/2, like house number in address
What is spin?
400
Shortest distance between equal points on a continuos wave
What is wavelength
500
A particle of EM radiation with no mass that carries a quantum of energy
What is a photon
500
Arrangement of electrons in an atom.
What is electron configuration?
500
Three dimensional region around the nucleus where the electron might be
What is atomic orbital
500
4 numbers that describe the location of the electron within the atomic orbital
What are quantum numbers
500
Wave's height from the origin to the trough or crest
What is amplitude
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