Exam 6: The Periodic Table and Atomic Structure

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The _____ of any wave is the distance between corresponding points on adjacent waves.

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The process of deciding which orbitals hold electrons in an atom requires that we "fill" orbitals starting with the lowest energy and proceeding to higher energy. This concept is referred to as the _____.

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An excited electron cannot exist indefinitely and must eventually return to its ground state.

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In the context of quantum numbers, if n = 4, there are _____ orbitals to fill in that shell.

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In quantum mechanics, an " l "  value of 2 corresponds to a letter designation of _____.

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Because the speed of light remains constant for a given medium, frequency and wavelength are inversely proportional.

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The energy of an incoming photon must be greater than the binding energy of a metal's electron in order to have that electron ejected from the metal's surface .

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The size of orbitals tends to decrease for large nuclei as a result of _____.

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The Pauli exclusion principle states that no two electrons in the same atom may have the same set of four quantum numbers.

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If photon "A" has twice the energy of photon "B" in a given medium, then "A" should have half the frequency of "B."

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If a 755 nm photon travels in vacuum, what is the frequency of this photon? Recall that the speed of light in vacuum is 2.998 × 10 8 m\ s .

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Atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS)is based on the principle that atoms of a sample absorb light of particular frequencies that depend on the chemical identity of the atoms and reveal the elemental composition of the sample.

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What is the correct electron configuration of a bromide ion ?

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Among the following elements, which displays the greatest electron affinity?

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A photon with a frequency of 2.1 × 10 4 s − 1 has an energy of  _____.

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The _____ describes the phenomenon of ejection of an electron from the surface of an easily ionizable metal when a sufficiently energetic electron strikes that metal .

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In the wave model, the amplitude of the wave determines the brightness of the light.

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The particular pattern of wavelengths absorbed and emitted by any element is called its  _____.

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X-ray fluorescence is an analytical technique that uses high energy x-rays to eject protons from the nucleus of an atom.

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The magnitude of the wavelength of an electromagnetic wave is twice the magnitude of the wave's frequency .

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