Particle Or Wave Flashcards

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_ said electrons were both particles and waves

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Louis de Broglie

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de Broglie proved that waves can behave like particles and that

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Particles can behave like waves

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Werner Heisenberg said we cannot know exactly where an electron is located when

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It behaves like a wave

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We cannot know exactly where electron is located when it behaves like a waves because

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Waves extend into space (go on and on)

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Heisenberg developed the _ theory

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Heisenberg uncertainty principle

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Heisenberg uncertainty principle states it is impossible to know simultaneously and with certainty

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Both the momentum and position of a particle

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Heisenberg uncertainty principle means _ Bohr came up with were wrong

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Structured orbits or energy level paths

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The orbits/energy levels were not

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Defined paths

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9
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Orbits/energy levels were more like _ where electron might be located

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An area of space

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10
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The Schrödinger equation is the basis for

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Quantum mechanics

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Quantum mechanics is the science that explains the interactions of (2)

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Atoms

Subatomic particles

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12
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Schrödinger’s first name

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Erwin

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13
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Schröedinger’s uses both _ behavior in same equation

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Wave

Particle

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(Schröedinger) the probability of finding an electron in a certain place is proportional to

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The square of the wave function

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(Schröedinger equation) the most likely place to find a photon is where

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The intensity of the light is the greatest

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16
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(Schröedinger equation) the formula cannot tell you where the _ is exactly but

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Electron

17
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(Schröedinger equation) gives you the probability of where _ can be found at any given time

A

The electron

18
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(Schröedinger equation) _ are described by a set of quantum numbers (2)

A

Energy states

Wave functions

19
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Electrons must _

A

Move constantly within an atom

20
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You can never know exactly

A

Where electrons are

21
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Electrons will always head for _ first

A

Lowest energy levels

22
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After heading to lowest energy levels, electrons will _

A

Fill up the shells from the nucleus outwards

23
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When an electron moves from a higher energy level to a lower one, it _

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Loses energy by emitting a photon