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De Broglie and Bohr atom vocabulary dominoes

Angular momentum The product of mass, velocity and perpendicular radius about
a point of rotation
Bohr atom Only works for the Hydrogen atom and uses an unproved
assumption
de Broglie wavelength All matter has this ratio of the Planck constant to linear
momentum
ground state The lowest energy state a physical system can occupy.
Harmonics The different possible vibration states of an electron as a
matter wave
Ionization The process of causing an atom to get excited by loss of one
or more electrons due to the absorption of adequately
energetic photons
Planck's constant h, has the value 6.626 x 10-34 m2 kg/s.
Planetary model The view that atoms consist of negative charges orbiting a
central positive nucleus
probability distribution The likelihood of finding a particle in any small region of
space. It is the square of the wavefunction.
quantized Any quantum system in which a physical property can take on
only discrete.
quantum number Characterizes a particular property of a quantum mechanical
state.
Rest mass The amount of substance in a material which has zero
velocity
Schrödinger equation An equation that describes the changes over time of a
physical system in which quantum effects, such as wave–
particle duality, are significant.
Spin An intrinsic form of angular momentum carried by
elementary particles, composite particles (hadrons), and
atomic nuclei.
spontaneous emission The natural decay of an electron to a lower state by emitting a
photon with an energy equal to the difference between two
energy states.
standing wave A disturbance that does not travel or propagate: The troughs
and crests of the wave are always in the same place.
stationary states A state of a system that will always yield the same result
when observed in an experiment.
superposition principle When two waves overlap, the resulting wave is the sum of the
two individual waves.
wave function collapse Observation causes this effect because the superposition of
possible states reduces to one observable state
zero point energy The minimum energy a system can have based on the
Heisenberg uncertainty principle.

Prepared by Victor Avasi NIS PhM Taraz

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