chemistry (wavelenght)

Wave

Oscillation or periodic movement that can transport energy from one point in space to another

Electromagnetic waves

An electrical field oscillating in step with a perpendicular magnetic field.

2.998 x10 ^8 m/s

The speed of light denoted by c

m/s

The units of meters per second

Wavelength

All waves including forms of electromagnetic radiation are characterized by___

Frequency

Denoted by v

Amplitude

Wavelength

The distance between two consecutive peaks or troughs in a wave.

Electromagentic waves

Wavelength distance between two consecutive peaks or troughs in a wave.

A cycle

Corresponds to one complete wavelength

Hertz

The unit if frequency expressed as cycle per unit

Intensity

The amplitude is related to the ______ of the wavelength

All electromagnetic spectrum

The range of all types of electromagnetic radiation

Electromagnetic radiation

Shows that light was the vast spectrum of electromagnetic waves

Photons

Energy depended on their frequency

Wave particle duality

Light is both wavelike and particle like

Bohr’s equation

ground electronic state

The electron is at its lowest energy possible

Excited electronic state

electron is in the higher energy