Atomic physics

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Introduction to atomic physics

Discovery of the atom

1 Section summary

2 Conceptual questions

3 Problems & Exercises

Discovery of the parts of the atom: electrons and nuclei

3 Section summary

4 Conceptual questions

5 Problem exercises

Bohr’s theory of the hydrogen atom

X rays: atomic origins and applications

1 Characteristic x-ray energy

2 Medical and other diagnostic uses of x-rays

3 X-ray diffraction and crystallography

4 Section summary

5 Conceptual questions

6 Problem exercises

Applications of atomic excitations and de-excitations

The wave nature of matter causes quantization

Patterns in spectra reveal more quantization

Quantum numbers and rules

The pauli exclusion principle

1 Multiple-electron atoms

2 Shells and subshells

3 Shell filling and the periodic table

4 Section summary

5 Conceptual questions

6 Problem exercises

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