Quiz 3/Exam 3 - CH 6-8 Flashcards
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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
More protons
Smaller nucleus
Radius
Increases top to bottom, decreases left to right
Ionization/energy
Increases left to right, decreases top to bottom
Electronegativity
Ability to attract electrons from other atoms (nucleus)
Electronegativity activity
Decreases left to right, decreases top to bottom, does not apply to noble gases
Highest electronegativity
Fluorine