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Ch 4 Section 1 Flashcards

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1
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Visible light is a kind of

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Electromagnetic radiation

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Together all the forms of electromagnetic radiation form the

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Electromagnetic spectrum

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Wavelength is the distance between

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Corresponding points on adjacent waves

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Significant feature of wave motion is its

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Rewriting nature which can be characterized by wavelength and frequency

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Unit for wavelength

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Distance unit (m, cm, nanometer)

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Frequency (v) is defined as the number of

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Waves that pass a given point in a specific time usually one second

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Frequency unit

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Waves per second (hertz)

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Frequency and wavelength are

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Mathematically related to each other

C = wavelength times frequency

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In wavelength frequency equation c is the

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Speed of light

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In wavelength frequency equation wavelength symbol is the

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Wavelength of the electromagnetic wave in m

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In wavelength frequency equation v is the

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Frequency of the electromagnetic wave in s^-1

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12
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In wavelength frequency equation the product is a

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Constant

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13
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Wavelength is

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Inversely proportional to v

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As wavelength decreases

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Frequency increases

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The photoelectric effect refers to the

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Emission of electrons from a metal when light shines on the metal

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Wave theory of light predicted that light of any frequency could supply enough

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Energy to eject an electron

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A quantum of energy is the minimum quantity of

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Energy that can be lost or gained by an atom

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Max Planck proposed the following relationship between a quantum of energy and frequency of radiation:

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E = hv

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In equation E = hv, e is the

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Energy in joules of a quantum of radiation

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In equation E = hv, v is the

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Frequency in s^-1 of the radiation emitted

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In equation E = hv, and h is a fundamental

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Physical constant known as plancks constant

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Plancks constant

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6.626 x 10^-34 J • s

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Einstein introduced idea that electromagnetic radiation has a

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Dual wave particle nature

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Electromagnetic radiation is a form of energy that exhibits

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Wavelike behavior as it travels through space

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A photon is a particle of electromagnetic radiation having

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Zero mass and carrying a quantum of energy

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The energy of a particular photon spends on the

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Frequency of the radiation

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Ephoton =

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Hv

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Electromagnetic radiation is absorbed by matter only in

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While numbers of photons

29
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Different metals require different

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Minimum frequencies to exhibit the photoelectric effect

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When current is passed through gas at low pressure the

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Potential energy of the gas atoms increases

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Ground state of an atom

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Lowest energy state of an atom

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Excited state of an atom is a state in which an atom has a

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Higher potential energy than it has in its ground state

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When an excited atom returns to its ground state or lower energy excited state it gives off

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Energy it gained in form of electromagnetic radiation

34
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When investigators passed electric current through a vacuum tube containing hydrogen gas at low pressure the observed

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The emission of a characteristic pinkish glow

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When a narrow beam of the emitted light was shined through a prism it was

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Separated into four specific colors of the visible spectrum

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The four bands of emitted light were part of what is known as

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Hydrogens line emission spectrum

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Scientists had expected to observe the emission of a

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Continuous range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation: continuous spectrum

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New atomic theory called the

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Quantum theory

39
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Whenever an excited hydrogen atom falls to its ground state or to lower energy excited state it emits a

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Photon of radiation

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The fact that hydrogen atoms emit only specific frequencies of light indicated that

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Energy differences between atoms’ energy stars were fixed

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Niels Bohr proposed a hydrogen atom model that linked the atoms

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Electron to photon emission

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According to the model the electron can

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Circle the nucleus only in allowed paths (orbits)

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When the electron is in one of these orbits atom has a

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Definite fixed energy

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The electron is in its lowest energy state when it is in the

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Orbit closest to the nucleus

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This orbit is separated from the nucleus by a

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Large empty space where the electron cannot exists

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The energy of the electron is higher when the electron is in orbits that are

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Successively farther from the nucleus

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An electron can be in one orbit or another but not

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In between

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While in a given orbit the electron is neither

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Gaining nor losing energy

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When an electron falls to a lower energy s photon is emitted and the process is called

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Emission

50
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Energy must be added to an atom in order to

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Move an electron from a lower energy level to a higher energy level (absorption)

51
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Energy of each absorbed or emitted photon corresponds to a

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Particular frequency of emitted radiation

Ephoton= hv

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Bohr’s approach did not explain the spectra of atoms with

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More than one electron

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Other kinds of electromagnetic radiation

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X Rays
Ultraviolet and infrared light
Microwaves
Radio waves

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All forms of electromagnetic radiation move at a constant speed though a vacuum of

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3.00 x 10^8 meters per second

55
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3,00 x 10^8 m/s is also lights

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Approximate speed through air

C

56
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The mystery of the photoelectric effect invoked the

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Frequency of the light striking the metal

57
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Max Planck studied the emission of light by

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Hot objects

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Planck proposed that a hot object does not emit

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Electromagnetic energy continuously

59
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Planck suggested that the object emits energy in

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Small specific packets called quanta

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The energy of this photon is equal to the difference in

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Energy between the atoms Initial state and its final state

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Bohr calculated the allowed

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Energy levels for the hydrogen atom

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Bohr related the possible energy level changes to the

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Lines in the hydrogen emission line spectrum

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Bohr’s theory didn’t explain the chemical

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Behavior of atoms

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