- gentle energetic nudge to cause molecular rotation - (harmless to humans)
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Infrared interaction with matter
- molecular vibration - (bending and stretching of bonds at frequencies that match up well with IR radiation)
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Visible spectrum interaction with matter
- electronic excitation - (excite an electron enough to get it to move into a higher energy state) - (first one to actually start interacting with actual electronic energy levels within the atom or molecule)
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Ultra-violet interaction with matter
- ionizing radiation - (electron is ejected and the result is ionization) - (gentlest version of ionizing radiation)
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X-ray interaction with matter
- ionizing radiation, even more so than UV - (x-ray photons zip through matter and knock out electrons in a big way)
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Gamma ray interaction with matter
- ionizing radiation, the most of any region on the electromagnetic spectrum - (knocking out electrons, sometimes multiple electrons, and fragmenting molecules) - (extreme my ionizing)
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Four quantum numbers
n, l, ml, ms
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n (principal quantum number)
energy level (1-7)
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l (angular momentum quantum number)
- shape of orbital - can go up to n-1 - s orbital = 0, p orbital = 1, d orbital = 2, f orbital = 3