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8 Cards in this Set
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Anion
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A negatively charged ion
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Atomic number
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The number of protons in the nucleus
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Cation
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A positively charged ion.
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Continuous spectrum
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A spectrum of light in which there are no gaps, so that each region blends directly into the next.
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Continuum
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A series of lines becomes so close together that they merge
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Convergence
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The decreasing of the distance between lines in an emission spectrum as the energy of a set of spectral lines increases.
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Electromagnetic spectrum
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The range of all possible electromagnetic radiation.
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Electron arrangement
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The pattern of electrons around a nucleus, written as a series of numbers each of which represents the number of electrons in an electron shell, starting from the shell closest to the nucleus and proceeding outwards.
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