Physics GCSE
Electron energy levels
What Electron energy levels means in Physics GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Electron energy levels
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Reference: OCR
In each atom its electrons are arranged at different distances from the nucleus, with inner levels closer and lower in energy.
Topics that use Electron energy levels
- Radioactive emissions (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Absorbing materials
- Alpha emission
- Beta emission
- conservation of charge
- conservation of mass number
- Conventional nuclear notation
- Emission and absorption of electromagnetic radiation
- Half-life
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