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Electromagnetic Spectrum Flashcards

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What is electromagnetic radiation described as

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Can be described as a wave and as a particle therefore said to have a dual nature

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What is the forumla for wavelength

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C=f x lambda where c is the speed of light (3.0x10 to the 8)

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What happens when electromagnetic radiation is absorbed or emitted by matter

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It behaves like a stream of particles, these particle are known as photons

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What equation is used to calculate the energy associated with a single photon

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E=hf where h is planks constant (6.63 x 10-34 Js)

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What is the equation used to calculate the energy associated with one mole of photons

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E=Lhc/ lambda where L is avogadros constant (6.02 x 10 to the 23 mol-1)

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What happens when a photon is emitted or absorbed

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The electrons within the substance gain or lose energy

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Compare photons in high and low frequency radiation

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Photons in high frequency radiation transfer more energy than photons in lower frequency radiation

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What happens in emission spectroscopy

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High temperatures are used to excite the electrons within atoms in the sample and as the electrons drop to lower energy levels photons are emitted and measured.

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How is an emission spectrum of a sample produced

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By measuring the intensity of light emitted at different wavelengths

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What happens when photons of light energy are absorbed by atoms

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Electrons move from a lower energy level to a higher one. As this happens an absorption spectrum is produced

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What is used to identify and qualify elements

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Each element produces a unique pattern of frequencies of radiation in both emission and absorption spectra which are used to indentify and qualify

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What is used to determine unknown concentrations of an element

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The concentration of an element within a sample is related to the intensity of light emitted or absorbed and that is used

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What is electromagnetic radiation

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A form of energy. The electromagnetic spectrum consists of many bands of electromagnetic radiation which differ in energy, wavelength and frequancy

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What visible light

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Form of electromagnetic radiation and is split into seven colours and colours are in the order ROY G BIV

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Whats the order of the electromagnetic spectrum

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Radio waves, microwaves, infrared light, visible light, ultraviolet, x-rays, gamma rays

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What colours in the visible light spectrum have a higher and lower frequancy

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Red end has a lower frequancy, purple end has a higher frequancy

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Whats a wavelength

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Is the distance between adjacent crests given by symbol lambda

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Whats the frequency

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Is determined by the number of wavelengths that pass a fixed point in one second, measured in hertz

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What speed does the electromagnetic spectrum travel at

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A constant speed, which is the speed of light 3,0x10 to the 8

20
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Whats the formula that relates wavelength and frequancy

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C= fx lambda

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What do photons which have high frequencies do

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Transfer larger amounts of energy than photon of lower frequencies

22
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What happens when a beam of white light is passed through a prism

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A continuous spectrum is visible

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What happens when white light passes through a sample being heated

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The spectrum turns out not to be continuous but a series of lines of different wavelengths and thus different colours, each line corresponds to the energy given out when excited electrons move down to a lower energy level generating photons

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What does each element do

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Creates its own unique spectrum with its own specific frequencies and wavelengths

25
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What happens when a beam of white light is directed through a gaseous sample

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Cause an atom to make a transition from its ground state to an excited state

26
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When is the photon of light absorbed

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If the frequency of light, and therefore the energy of a photon corresponds to an excitation energy of an atom

27
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Whats an atomic absorption spectrum

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When radiation has certain wavelengths missing. These show up as dark lines on the continuous spectrum and are called this

28
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Whats emission and absorption spectroscopy used to determine

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Whether a certain species is present in a sample and how much of it is present

29
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How are the different types of radiation arranged

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In order of wavelength and is known as the electromagnetic spectrum

30
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What are the units for wavelength expressed normally

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Nm

31
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What does a photon carry

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Quantised energy proportional to the frequency of radiation

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What are the formulas for energy associated with a single photon

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E=hf for frequancy and E=hc/lambda for wavelength

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What are the formulas associated with one mole of photons

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E=Lhf for frequancy and E=Lhc/lambda for wavenlgth

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What happens when energy is transferred to atoms

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Electrons within the atoms may be promoted to higher energy levels

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When does an atom emit a photon of light energy

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When an excited electron moves from a higher energy level to a lower energy level

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What provides direct evidence of energy levels

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The light energy emitted by an atom produces a spectrum that is made up of a series of lines at discrete energy levels.

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What happens in absorption spectroscopy

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Electromagnetic radiation is directed at an atomised sample. Radiation is absorbed as electrons are promoted to higher energy levels

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How is an absorption spectrum produced

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By measuring the intensity of absorbed light varies with wavelength

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What happens in emission spectroscopy

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High temperatures are used to excite the electrons within atoms. As the electrons drop to lower energy levels, photons are emitted

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How is an emission spectrum of a sample produced

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By measuring the intensity of light emitted at different wavelengths

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What happens in atomic spectroscopy

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The concentration of an elects within a sample is related to the intensity of light emitted or absorbed

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