THINGS I GOT WRONG ON ATOMIC ORBITAL QUIZ/TESTS Flashcards
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Q
WHEN EXPLAINING HOW THE EMISSION SPECTRA FOR EX IS PRODUCED WHEN LOOKING AT A CERTAIN ATOM YOU MUST SPECIFY WHAT N LEVEL IT FALLS BACK TO EX)
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in hydrogen, and excited electron falls back to n=2
2
Q
When explaining why the fast moving helium nuclei being shot at a thin piece of gold passed straight through its important to mention that
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MOST OF THE ATOM IS EMPTY SPACE<—- i forgot
and due to most helium passing stratight through, it shows that the nucleus was very small. It also conlcuded that there was either 1 or a few more charaged particles in the atom