Quantum Theory of An Atom
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| 443589201 | Wave | A continuously repeating change or oscilliation in matter or a physical field | |
| 443589202 | Electromagnetic Radiation | Visible light, x rays, and radio waves are all examples of this type of light | |
| 443589203 | Wavelength | lamda- the distance between any two adjacent identical points of a wave | |
| 443589204 | Frequency | (V) the number of wavelengths of that wave that pass a fixed point in one unit of time | |
| 443589205 | Speed of Light equation | C= V Lamda | |
| 443589206 | Speed of Light Constant | C= 3.00x 10^8 m/s | |
| 443589207 | Electromagnetic Spectrum | the range of frequencies or wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation | |
| 443589208 | Color of Shortest wavelength | Blue Violet | |
| 443589209 | Color of longest wavelength | Red | |
| 443589210 | Isaac Newton | believed that light consisted of a beam of particles | |
| 443589211 | Thomas Young | showed that light, like waves, could be diffracted | |
| 443589212 | Diffraction | a property of waves in which the waves spread out when they encounter an obstruction or small source through a hold | |
| 443589213 | Albert Einstein | responsible for the discovering the photoelectric effect | |
| 443589214 | Photoelectric effect | the ejection of electrons from the surface of a metal or from another material when light shines on it | |
| 443589215 | Max Planck's theoretical formula | A formula that exactly describes the intensity of light of various frequencies emitted by a hot solid at different temperatures. | |
| 443589216 | Plancks constant | h= 6.626 x 10^-34 J S | |
| 443589217 | Energy of Photons equation | E=hv | |
| 443589218 | Wave- Particle Duality | Wave and particle pictures of light should be regarded as complementary views of the same physical entity. | |
| 443589219 | Continuous spectrum | a spectrum containing light of all wavelengths | |
| 443589220 | Line Spectrum | a spectrum showing only certain colors or specific wavelengths of light | |
| 443589221 | Energy level Postulate | An atom itself can only have specific total energy values | |
| 443589222 | Energy levels | specific energy values in an atom | |
| 443589223 | Rydbergs constant | 2.179 x 10 ^-18 J | |
| 443589224 | Transition between energy levels | An electron in an atom can change energy only by going from one energy level to another energy level | |
| 443589225 | enegy change equation | Ei= Rh(1/nf^2- 1/ni^2) | |
| 443589226 | de Broglie Relation | Lamda= h/ m(mass)v | |
| 443589227 | Louis de Broglie | Reasone that if light exhibits particle aspects, then perhaps particles of matter show characteristics of waves under the proper circumstances | |
| 443589228 | Quantum Mechanics | Aka Wave mechanics the branch of physics that mathmatically describes the wave properties of of submicroscopic particles | |
| 443589229 | Uncertainty Principle | A relation that states that the product of the uncertainty in position and the uncertainty in momentum of a particle can be no smaller then plans constant divided by 4 pi. | |
| 443589230 | atomic orbital | a wave function for an electron in an atom | |
| 443589231 | principal quantum number (N) | this quantum number is the one on which the energy of an electron in an atom principally depends; it can have an positive vaule: 1, 2, 3, and so on. | |
| 443589232 | L (orbital) | 2 (orbital) | |
| 443589233 | K (orbital) | 1 (orbital) | |
| 443589234 | M (orbital) | 3 (orbital) | |
| 443589235 | N (orbital) | 4 (orbital) | |
| 443589236 | Angular Momentum Quantum Number (L) | This quantum number distinguishes orbitals of a given n having different shapes; it can have any integer value from 0 to n-1. | |
| 443589237 | S (subshell) | 0 (subeshell) | |
| 443589238 | p (subshell) | 1 (subshell) | |
| 443589239 | D (subshell) | 2 (subshell) | |
| 443589240 | F (subshell) | 3 (subshell) | |
| 443589241 | G (subshell) | 4 (subshell) | |
| 443589242 | Magnetic Quantum Number (ml) | This quantum number distinguishes orbitals of given n and L- that is, of given energy and shape but having a different orientation in space; the allowed values are the integers from -L to + L. | |
| 443589243 | Spin Quantum Number (ms) | This quantum number refers to the two possible orientations of the spin axis of an electron; possible values are +1/2 and -1/2. |
