Quiz about PSH: Unit 3 Vocabulary

Question 1

The size of the charge on an ion.

Accepted Answer

Valency

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Stability

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Period

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Metalloid

Question 2

Having a complete valence shell

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Stability

Answer

Valency

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Nonmetal

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Metal

Question 3

The horizontal rows in the periodic table

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Period

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Group

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Octet Rule

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Family

Question 4

The tendency for atoms to have 8 electrons in a complete valence shell

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Octet rule

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Cation

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Anion

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Metal

Question 5

Substances found on the right-hand side of the periodic table which gain electrons in a chemical reaction

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Nonmetal

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Metal

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Metallloid

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Valence electrons

Question 6

Elements which possess properties of metals and non-metals

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Metalloid

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Metal

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Nonmetal

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Electron affinity

Question 7

The small numbers that tell you how many atoms of a specific type there are in a molecule

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Subscript

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Coefficient

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Atomic mass

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Atomic number

Question 8

How readily an element loses an electron

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Metallic character

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Electron configuration

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Ion

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Parent Isotope

Question 9

The notation which shows the elements in a given molecule

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Chemical formula

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Atomic mass

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Molecule

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Planetary model

Question 10

Substances found on the left hand side of the periodic table which lose electrons in a chemical reaction

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Metal

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Nonmetal

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Electron orbital diagram

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Atomic radius

Question 11

The link between atoms which allows them to form molecules/compounds

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Chemical bond

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Subatomic particles

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Photons

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Elements

Question 12

The energy required to remove an electron from an atom

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Ionization energy

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Electron configuration

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Stable isotope

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Proton

Question 13

A negatively charged ion

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Anion

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Cation

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Isotope

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Ion

Question 14

How the electrons occupy the area around the outside of the nucleus

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Electron shell

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Molecule

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Chemical properties

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Bohr model

Question 15

The vertical columns found in the periodic

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Group

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Electronegativity

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Quarks

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Period

Question 16

Molecules which contain different types of atoms

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Compound

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Element

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Atom

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Atomic number

Question 17

Protons, neutrons and electrons which make up an atom.

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Subatomic particles

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Compound

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Atomic mass

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Atomic number

Question 18

A collection of two or more atoms of the same or different element in a definite arrangement bonded together

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Molecule

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Element

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Planetary model

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Nucleus

Question 19

The ability of an atom to attract and bind electrons

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Electronegativity

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Electron affinity

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Electron configuration

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Valence electrons

Question 20

The ability of an atom to accept an electron

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Electron affinity

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Atomic radius

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Parent isotope

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Neutron

Question 21

A positively charged ion

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Cation

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Anion

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Isotope

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Radio isotope

Question 22

Half the distance between the nuclei of two atoms

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Atomic radius

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Valence electrons

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Aurbau Principle

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Energy level

Question 23

Electrons found in the outermost energy level of an atom

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Valence electrons

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Stable isotope

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Plum pudding model

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Chemical formula

Question 24

Using the noble gas prior to the element to abbreviate an atoms notation

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Shorthand notation

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Ion

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Atomic number

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Planetary model

Question 25

The electron level, type of orbital and number or electrons found in a given sub-shell

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Orbital notation

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Scientific notation

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Electron orbital diagram

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Atomic mass

Question 26

The arrangement of electrons in an atom

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Electron configuration

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Valence electrons

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Ions

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Nucleus

Question 27

Pictorial representation of how electrons occupy the orbitals in each shell of an atom

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Electron orbital diagram

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Quantum model

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Subscript

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Molecule

Question 28

Differing distances from the nucleus of an atom which are occupied by electrons

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Energy level

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Ion

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Hund's rule

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Quarks

Question 29

Atoms which have lost or gained electrons

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Ion

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Isotope

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Atomic number

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Element

Question 30

Electrons fill up all available orbitals individually before pairing up

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Hund's rule

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Aurbau principle

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Photon

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Planetary model

Question 31

The rule that states that electrons fill up the lowest energy shells before those at higher level energies

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Aurbau principle

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Hund's rule

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Atomic mass

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Neutron

Question 32

Isotopes which are unlikely to undergo radioactive decay

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Stable isotope

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Parent isotope

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Daughter isotope

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Ion

Question 33

Isotopes which undergo radioactive decay due to the loss of subatomic particles from the nucleus

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Radio isotope

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Medical isotope

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Daughter isotope

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Photon

Question 34

The initial isotope which exists prior to radioactive decay

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Parent isotope

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Medical isotope

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Atomic number

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Energy level

Question 35

Isotopes which are used to diagnose and/or treat medical conditions

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Medical isotope

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Parent isotope

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Radio isoptope

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Neutron

Question 36

The resulting isotope which occurs after radioactive decay has occurred

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Daughter isotope

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Proton

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Parent isotope

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Photon

Question 37

The number of protons and neutrons contained in the nucleus of an atom

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Atomic mass

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Atomic number

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Quarks

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Plum pudding model

Question 38

The number of protons contained in an atom

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Atomic number

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Atomic mass

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Quantum model

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Neutrons

Question 39

Particles found in the nucleus containing protons and neutrons

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Quarks

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Photons

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Energy levels

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Isotopes

Question 40

The model proposed by Schrodinger which suggests that quantum theory can be used to determine the distribution of electrons in an atom

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Quantum model

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Plum pudding model

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Bohr model

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Coefficient

Question 41

The positive subatomic particle found in the nucleus of the atom

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Proton

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Electron

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Neutron

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Isotope

Question 42

The model of the atom by J.J Thomson in which the atom was a sphere of positive charge with negative electrons embedded in it

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Plum pudding model

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Quantum model

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Bohr model

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Chemical formula

Question 43

Energy which is emitted when an electron changes energy levels

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Photon

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Neutron

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Alpha particle

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Subscript

Question 44

The subatomic particle which has no charge/is neutral

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Neutron

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Proton

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Electron

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Photon

Question 45

Atoms with the same number of protons and electrons, that differ in the number of neutrons they possess

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Isotope

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Subscript

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Coefficient

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Molecule

Question 46

Orbitals around the nucleus of an atom

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Energy level

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Electron cloud

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Bohr model

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Compound

Question 47

The negatively charged particle found outside the nucleus of an atom

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Electron

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Proton

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Neutron

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Element

Question 48

The purest substance which cannot be broken down further using a chemical reaction

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Element

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Molecule

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Subatomic particle

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Quark

Question 49

The smallest particle of a given element that retains that element chemical properties

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Atom

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Molecule

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Compound

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Nucleus

Question 50

The nuclei of helium atoms

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Alpha particles

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Beta particles

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Electrons

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Valence electrons

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