Electrons in Atoms Flash Cards

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Title: Electrons in Atoms
Description: Properties of Light, Quantum Theory, Location of electrons in atoms, Electron Configuration, Electron Configuration exceptions
Number of Cards: 17
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Author: xxshowstopperxx27
Created: 2008-10-16
Tags: atoms configuration electron electrons exceptions in light location of properties quantum theory
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    • Question
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    • Side 3
    • Visible light is one particular type of ______.
    • electromagnetic radiation
    • Different types of radiation are distinguished by their ____. It's also the distance between corresponding points on adjacent waves
    • wave length
    • The number of waves that pass a given point per unit of time
    • frequency
    • Amount of energy required to move an electron from its present energy level to the next higher one is ______
    • quantum
    • A particle of electromagnetic radiation having 0 mass and carrying a quantum of energy is _____
    • photon
    • Electrons are in the lowest possible energy level
    • groundstate
    • Energy is absorbed so that its electrons are boosted to higher energy levels
    • excited state
    • A region of an atom in which there is a high probability of finding electrons
    • orbital
    • ____ states that it is impossible to determine both the position and the velocity of an electron at the same time.
    • Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
    • ____ describes the size of the energy level that electron occupies
    • principle quantum number
    • ______ describes the shape of the electrons sublevel
    • angular momentum quantum number.
    • ___ describes the specific orbital within the sublevel of the electron
    • magnetic quantum
    • _____ describes the spin of the electron
    • spin quantum
    • What is the principle?

      Opposite spins...?
    • Pauli's Exclusion
    • Each have to have orbital before pairing = which principle?
    • Hund's Rule
    • What are the four "special" elements that follow Hund's Rule that were discussed in class?
    • Cr - [Ar]4s13d5
      Cu - [Ar]4s13d10
      Mo - [Kr]5s14d5
      Ag - 5s14d10
    • What is a dot diagram?
    • A visual representation of valence electrons.