CHMA10H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Angular Momentum, Radial Distribution Function, Louis De Broglie

• School: UTSC
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: CHMA10H3
• Professor: all

Document Summary

Chapter 7 the quantum-mechanical model of the atom. Certain properties of light are best described by thinking of it as a wave, while other properties are best described by thinking of it as a particle. Maxwell (1873) proposed that visible light consists of electromagnetic waves. Light is electromagnetic radiation, a type of energy embodied in oscillating electric and magnetic fields. Electromagnetic radiation energy that is emitted and transmitted in the form of electromagnetic waves. Em radiation can be described as a wave composed of oscillating, mutually perpendicular electric and magnetic fields propagating through space: electric field a region of space where an electrically charged particle experiences a force. A proton has an electric field around it; if another charged particle is brought into that field, that particle will experience a force: magnetic field a region of space where a magnetic particle experiences a force. A wave is characterized by its amplitude and its wavelength.