Electromagnetic Vocab

electromagnetic radiation

• a form of energy that propagates as both electrical and magnetic waves traveling in packets of energy called photons

  
  

• mathematical functions that describe the wave nature of electrons (or electron pairs) in an atom.

  
  

• describes the energy of an electron and the most probable distance of the electron from the nucleus

  
  

• the shell or orbital in which the electron is located relative to the atom's nucleus

atomic orbital

• describes the energy of an electron and the most probable distance of the electron from the nucleus

  
  
  

• the emission of electrons when electromagnetic radiation, such as light, hits a material

• a fundamental constant, equal to the energy of a quantum of electromagnetic radiation divided by its frequency

• mathematical functions that describe the wave nature of electrons (or electron pairs) in an atom

principal quantum number

• the lowest energy state of an atom or other particle.

• describes the energy of an electron and the most probable distance of the electron from the nucleus

• describes how long the wave is. 

  
  

principal energy level

• the lowest energy state of an atom or other particle.

  
  

• describes how long the wave is. 

  
  
  

• the maximum displacement or distance moved by a point on a vibrating body or wave measured from its equilibrium position.

• the shell or orbital in which the electron is located relative to the atom's nucleus.

  
  
  

ground state

• the lowest energy state of an atom or other particle.

• minute energy packet of electromagnetic radiation

  
  
  

• When an electron temporarily occupies an energy state greater than its ground state

• describes how long the wave is. 

  
  

Excited state

• minute energy packet of electromagnetic radiation

• he emission of electrons when electromagnetic radiation, such as light, hits a material

  
  
  

• When an electron temporarily occupies an energy state greater than its ground state

• a discrete quantity of energy proportional in magnitude to the frequency of the radiation it represents.

  
  

photon

• minute energy packet of electromagnetic radiation

• describes how long the wave is.

• the maximum displacement or distance moved by a point on a vibrating body or wave measured from its equilibrium position.

  
  

wavelength

• describes how long the wave is. 

  
  
  

• the number of waves that pass a fixed point in unit time

• the maximum displacement or distance moved by a point on a vibrating body or wave measured from its equilibrium position.

frequency

• the number of waves that pass a fixed point in unit time

• a fundamental constant, equal to the energy of a quantum of electromagnetic radiation divided by its frequency

• the emission of electrons when electromagnetic radiation, such as light, hits a material

  
  

• the maximum displacement or distance moved by a point on a vibrating body or wave measured from its equilibrium position.

amplitude

• a form of energy that propagates as both electrical and magnetic waves traveling in packets of energy called photons

• the maximum displacement or distance moved by a point on a vibrating body or wave measured from its equilibrium position.

• describes the energy of an electron and the most probable distance of the electron from the nucleus