Quiz 3/Exam 3 - CH 6-8 Flashcards
Electromagnetic radiation
A form of energy that travel through space as wav s that move at the speed of light
Speed of light
3.0 x 10^8 m/s
Wavelength, y upside down
Distance between two corresponding points on a wave, using meters
Frequency, v
A measure of the number of wave cycles that move through a point in space in 1 second, units are hertz (Hz)
Inversely proportional
Wavelength and frequency
Frequency and wavelength formula
C = yv, c is speed of light
Energy of light
E photon = hv = hc/y
Planck’s constant
6.626 x 10^-34 Js
Energy of a photon is
Directly proportional to the frequency, inversely proportional to the wavelength
Orbitals
Three-dimensional regions in space where electrons are 95% likely to be found
Orbital quantum number (sublevel) l
S: spherically shaped, p: dumbbell shaped, d: 4 lobes, f: 8 lobes
Aufbau principle
Electrons fill orbitals starting with the lowest-energy orbitals
Pauli exclusion principle
A maximum of two electrons can occupy each orbital and must have opposite spins
Hund’s rule
Electrons are distributed into orbitals of identical energy (same sublevel) in such a way as to give the maximum number of unpaired electrons
Valence electrons
Electrons that occupies the valence shell, which is the outer most orbitals in the last-filled (highest n number) principal energy level (S and p for main-group)
Trends in atomic size
Decrease from left to right, increase from top to bottom
Ionization energy
Increased from left to right
Cations are smaller than
Their neutral atoms