AP Chem Atomic Structure – Flashcards

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electromagnetic radiation
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means of energy transfer, all electromagnetic radiation travels at the speed of light (c)

 

3.00 × 108

  meters/ second

 

 

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wavelength ( λ)
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distance between two consecutive peaks or troughs
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frequency (V)
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number of waves per second that pass a given point in space
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wavelength in relation to frequency
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λV = C

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dual nature of light
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eletromagnetic radiation exhibit both wave and particle properties
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Max Planck
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energy is quantized and can only be gained or lost in discrete units called quanta or integer multiples of

 

hV,

 

E = nhV

 

h is Planck's Constant (6.626; × 10-34)

 

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Albert Einstein
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electromagnetic radiation can be viewed as a stream  of "particles" called photons

 

E = hV =  hc/ λ

 

also discovered that energy has mass

 

m =  E/c2 = h/λc

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Louis de Brogile
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All matter exhibits particlulate and wave properties

 

λ = mv 

 

v is for velocity here

 

 

 

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continuous spectrum
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contains all wavelengths of visible light
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line spectrum
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contains only a few lines, which correspond to discrete wavelengths
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Bohr Model
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E = -2.178 × 10-18 J (Z2 / n2 )

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Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
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we never know where exactly an electron is
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Quantum Number
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the address of an electron
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n
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principle quantum number or the energy level

 

1- s

2 - s,p

3 - s,p,d

4 - s,p,d,f

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l

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angular momentum quantum numbers

 

n - 1

 

0-s

1-p

2-d

3-f

 

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m l
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magnetic quantum number

 

- l to l

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m s
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electron spin

 

- 1/2 

+ 1/2

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Pauli exclusion principle
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no two electrons can have the same address or the same set of principle quantum numbers
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Aufbau Principle
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for every proton, there is an electron
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Hund's rule
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one electron in each orbital before they double up
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Ionization Energy
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The energy it takes to remove an electron.

 

Increases as you go left to right in a period

Decreases as you go down a group/family

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Electron Affinity
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energy needed to ADD an electron

 

More negative as you go from left to right in a period

More positive as you go down a group/family

 

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Shielding Effect
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As an energy level is filled, it becomes a "shield" from the nucleus
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Atomic Radius
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half the distance between two indentical atoms' nuclei

 

 

Decreases as you go from Left to Right in a period

Increases as you go down a group/family

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Cation
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Positive ion, few electrons, more positive pull, so smaller than neutral parent atom
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Anion
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negative ion, more electrons, more repulsion, larger atom
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The Pattern across a period
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cations get smaller

anions get larger

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