PRE-QUANTUM Flashcards
Our understanding of the electromagnetic structure of atoms has come from _________________________.
the analysis of the light emitted or absorbed by substances.
Electromagnetic radiation ______________ through space, it is also known as radiant energy.
carries energy
All types of electromagnetic radiation move through a vacuum at 3 x10^8 m/ which is _________________.
the speed of light
Waves are _________ which means that the pattern of peaks and troughs repeats itself at regular intervals.
periodic
The distance between 2 adjacent peaks.
Wavelength
the number of complete wavelengths or cycles that pass a given point each second.
frequency
the maximum height of the wave above the center line or the maximum depth below.
Amplitude
Wavelength and Frequency are __________________.
inversely proportional
It is a form of energy transmission in which electric and magnetic fields are propagated as waves through an empty space (vacuum) or through a medium.
electromagnetic radiation
It is a disturbance that transmits energy through space or a material medium.
wave
a display of various types of electromagnetic radiation arranged in order of increasing wavelength.
electromagnetic spectrum
it is produced when radiation from a polychromatic source is separated into its component wavelengths.
spectrum
Spectrum consist of a continuous range of colors.
Continuous
Radiation containing many different wavelengths.
polychromatic
Radiation containing a single wavelength.
monochromatic
spectrum containing radiation of only specific wavelengths.
line spectrum
The addition of waves (in phase)
constructive interference
the cancellation of the waves (out of phase)
destructive interference
The magnetic field component lies in a plane ________________ to the electric field component.
perpendicular
An electric field component is the region around an _________________.
electrically charged particles
a magnetic field is found in the region surrounding a _____________.
magnetic
________ ___________ Maxwell (1865)
James Clerk
It is the propagation of electric and magnetic fields.
electromagnetic radiation
It is produced by an accelerating electrically charged particle.
electromagnetic radiation
This explains many aspects of the behavior of light, several observations cannot be resolved by this model.
The wave model of light
What are the 3 observations?
The blackbody radiation, the photoelectric effect, and the emission spectra
What is a blackbody radiation?
the EMISSION OF LIGHT FROM HOT OBJECTS
define the photoelectric effect.
the EMISSION OF ELECTRONS FROM METAL SURFACES on which light shines.
What is the emission spectra?
the EMISSION OF LIGHT FROM ELECTRONICALLY EXCITED ATOMS
When ________ are heated, they emit _____________.
solids,
radiation