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1
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What is the charge of proton?

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e = 1.6 x 10^-19 C

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What is the mass of a proton?

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one atomic mass unit (amu)

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3
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What is the atomic number?

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(Z) number of protons, at top of element box

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4
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What is the mass number?

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A - number of protons plus neutrons

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What are isotopes?

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atoms that share an atomic number but have different mass numbers are isotopes of the same element, differ in the number of neutrons

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6
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What is the mass of an electron compared to a proton?

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about 1/2000 of that of the proton

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7
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What are valence electrons?

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electrons in the outermost shell and can participate in bonds and most easily removed, “active”

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8
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What is a positively charged atom called?

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cation

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9
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What is a negatively charged atom called?

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anion

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10
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What is atomic mass?

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also known as mass number, is the sum of protons and neutrons

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What is atomic weight?

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the weighted average of these different isotopes

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12
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What is Avogadro’s number?

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Na = 6.02 x 10^23

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13
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What is Planck relation?

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E = hf
h = Plank's constant
f = frequency of radiation
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14
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What is Planck’s constant?

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6.626x10-34 Js

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15
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What is the equation for angular momentum of electron orbiting a hydrogen nucleus?

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L = nh/2pi
n = principal quantum number
h = Planck's constant
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16
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What is the equation for the energy of the electron?

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E = -(Rh/n^2)
Rh = Rydberg unit of energy
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17
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What is Rydberg unit of energy?

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2.18x10^18 J/electron

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18
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What is ground state?

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atom is the state of lowest energy, in which all electrons are in the lowest possible orbits

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19
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What is excited state?

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when at least one electron has moved to a subshell of higher than normal energy

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20
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Equation for electromagnetic energy of photons?

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E = hc/lambda
h = plancks constant
c= speed of light in vacuum
lambda = wavelength of radiation
21
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What is the value of c?

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3.00 x 10^8 m/s - speed of light in a vacuum

22
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What is the line spectrum?

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each line on the emission spectrum corresponds to a specific electron transition

23
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What is the atomic emission spectrum?

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energy emitted from excited to ground state is exactly equal to the energy difference between the two levels - unique for every element

24
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What is Lyman series?

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group of hydrogen emission lines corresponding to transitions from energy levels n>= 2 to n= 1

25
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What is the Balmer series?

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group of hydrogen emission lines corresponding to transitions from energy levels n>= 3 to n=2

26
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What is the Paschen series?

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group of hydrogen emission lines corresponding to transitions from energy levels n>= 4 to n=3

27
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What is an absorption spectrum?

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exciting the electrons of a specific element results in energy absorption at specific wavelengths

28
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Difference between Bohr’s model of the atom and the modern quantum mechanical model?

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Bohr believed that electrons followed a clearly defined circular pathway or orbit at a fixed distance while the modern theory knows that electrons move rapidly and are within regions of space around the nucleus

29
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What is an orbital?

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regions of space around the nucleus

30
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What is the Heisenberg uncertainty Principle?

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It is impossible to simultaneously determine, with perfect accuracy, the momentum and the position of an electron

31
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What is the Pauli exclusion principle?

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no two electrons in a given atom can possess the same set of four quantum numbers

32
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What are the quantum numbers?

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Principal (n)
Azimuthal/Angular momentum (l)
Magnetic Quantum Number (ml)
Spin Quantum Number (ms)

33
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What is the principal quantum number?

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n designates the principal electron shell - or the number of shells around the nucleus?
max number of e- within a shell = 2n^2

34
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What is the angular momentum quantum number?

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l - shape and number of subshells
l = n- 1
Max number of e- within a subshell = 4l+7

35
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What is the magnetic quantum number?

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ml
a particular orbital within a subshell where an e- is most likely to be found at a given moment in time
-orbitals hold max 2e-
ml = -1 to +1

36
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What is the spin quantum number?

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ms

only two spin designations - +1/2 or -1/2

37
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Electron configuration

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the pattern by which subshells are filled, as well as the number of electrons within each principal energy level and subshell

38
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Spectroscopic notation

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first number - denotes principle energy level
letter - designates the subshell
superscript - gives # of e- in the subshell

39
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What is Aufbau principle?

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electrons fill from lower-to-higher energy subshells and each subshell is completely filled before electrons begin entering the next one

40
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What is the n+l rule?

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the lower of the sum of the values of the first and second quantum numbers, n+l, the lower the energy of the subshell

41
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What does s equal?

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l = 0

42
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What does d equal?

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l =2

43
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What does p equal?

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l = 1

44
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What does f equal?

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l = 3

45
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What is Hund’s rule?

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in subshells that contain more than one orbital will fill such that there is a maximum number of half-filled orbitals with parallel spins. half-filled and fully filled orbitals have lower energies and are more stable

46
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What are two elements with exceptions to electron configuration?

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chromium and copper

47
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Paramagnetic

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Atom or substance containing unpaired electrons and is consequently attracted by a magnet.

48
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Diamagnetic

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materials consisting of atoms that have only paired electrons will be slightly repelled

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