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Chem 110 part 1 Flashcards

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1
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What is light?

A

Electromagnetic radiation

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The distance a wave travels in one cycle

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Wavelength

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3
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Number of cycles a wave undergoes in one second

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Frequency

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4
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One half the height of a wave from peak to trough

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Amplitude

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5
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The distance a wave moves per unit of time

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Speed

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6
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Wavelength and frequency are ______?

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Inversely proportional

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7
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Equation for the speed of a ware

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Wavelength x frequency

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Unique properties of a wave (3)

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  1. waves undergo refraction from one medium to another 2.waves bend around an object 3. interference of waves can result in diffraction
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What kinds of diffraction are there?(2)

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Constructive and destructive

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10
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Which 3 major observations concerning matter and light could not be described by a classical definition?

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Blackbody radiation, photoelectric effect, and atomic spectra

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What is the concept that declares everything at a temperature emits radiation with the same shape curve, just shifted to shorter wavelength as things get warmer (making things visible when hot)

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Blackbody radiation

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12
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What is a theoretical ideal model that absorbs all radiation falling on it-a perfect absorber or emitter

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A blackbody

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13
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The theoretical models in blackbody radiation as functions of temperature fit the observed experimental blackbody curves well at_______ wavelengths, but showed significant discrepancies at _______ wavelengths. This was known as the ______catastrophe.

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  1. Longer
  2. Shorter
  3. Ultraviolet
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Who derived a mathematical expression to describe the phenomenon of blackbody radiation by theorizing that energy only assumed certain values?

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Max Planck

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15
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Energy is _____when it only assumes certain values?

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Quantized

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16
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According to Photoelectric effect, when will light eject electrons off of a metal surface?

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When its frequency was increased past its threshold frequency

17
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According to Einstein, what depends on the threshold frequency (concerning photoelectric effect)?

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Work function

18
Q

Light comes in packets called what?

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Photons

19
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In the interaction of light and matter, what is unique to and characteristic of each element?

A

Spectra

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