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| fixed energies an electron can have |
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| amount of energy required to move an electron from one energy level to another |
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| modern description of electrons in atoms; determines allowed energies an electron can have & probability of finding electron in various locations around nucleus |
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| region of space in which there is a high probability of finding an electron |
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| way in which electrons are arranged in various orbitals around nuclei of atoms |
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| electrons occupy orbitals of lowest energy first |
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| pauli exclusion principle |
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| an atomic orbital may describe at most 2 electrons, each with opposite spin direction |
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| electrons occupy orbitals of same energy in a way that makes the number of electrons with same spin direction as large as possible; school bus rule |
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| wave's height from zero to crest |
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| number of wave cycles to pass a given point per unit of time |
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| SI unit of cycles per second |
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| electromagnetic radiation |
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| energy waves that travel in a vacuum at a speed of 2.998 x 10^8 m/s (includes radio waves, microwaves, infrared waves, visible light, ultraviolet waves, x-rays, gamma rays) |
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| wavelengths of visible light that are separated when a beam of light passes through a prism; range of wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation |
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| pattern formed when light passes through prism/diffraction grating to separate it into different frequencies of light it contains |
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| lowest possible energy of electron |
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| light quanta; discrete bundles of electromagnetic energy that interact with matter similarly to particles |
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| heisenberg uncertainty principle |
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| impossible to know both velocity and position of particle at same time |
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| sometimes produced when light shines on metals |
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