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1
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The wavelength of a particle given as the ratio of Planck’s constant to momentum

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De Broglie wavelength

2
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The principle that states that we cannot describe with absolute accuracy the relationship between sets of conjugate variables that describe the behavior of particles, such as momentum and position

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Heisenberg uncertainty principle

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The principle that states that no two electrons can occupy the same quantum state

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Pauli exclusion principle

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The particle-like packet of electromagnetic energy

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Photon

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The particle-like packet of thermal radiation

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Quanta

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The allowed discrete energy levels that bound particles may occupy

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Quantized energies

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A set of numbers that describes the quantum state of a particle, such as an electron in an atom

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Quantum numbers

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A particular state of an electron that may be described, for example, by a set of quantum numbers

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Quantum state

9
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The quantum mechanical phenomenon by which a particle may penetrate through a thin potential barrier

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Tunneling

10
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The characteristic by which electromagnetic waves sometimes exhibit particle-like behavior and particles sometimes exhibit wave-like behavior

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Wave-particle duality