CHE-1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Nitrous Oxide, Nitric Oxide, Nitrogen Dioxide
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No prefix on 1st element if only one of them. Prefixes indicate number of atoms: 1-mono, 2-di, 3- tri, 4-tetra, 5-penta, 6-hexa, 7-hepta, 8-octa, 9-nona, 10- deca. Simplified ground state of nitrogen has three full shells - 18 electrons = 2, 8, 8. Quantum (pl. quanta) is the smallest indivisible part of a whole. Photon h (not a v, but a greek lowercase nu * planck"s constant) (penny) Quantum mechanics: explains existence of atoms: physics can"t, collapsing atom paradox, electron exists as a wave. Quantum mechanical atom: shells have subshells, subshells have orbitals, orbitals have 3d shapes, electrons are found in orbitals you cannot know the exact location. Spectroscopy: study of how light and matter interact. Kinetic energy travels through water as a wave. Electromagnetic radiation (light) carries energy through space as a wave. Wavelength = lambda = = crest to crest or trough to trough.