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1.1 Atomic Structure Part 1 Flashcards

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1
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What is the mass of a proton?

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1

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2
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What is the mass of a neutron?

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1

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3
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What is the mass of an electron?

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1/2000

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4
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What is the charge of a proton?

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+1

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5
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What is the charge of a neutron?

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O

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6
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What is the charge of an electron?

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-1

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7
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What is the atomic number?

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The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom

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8
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What is the mass number?

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The number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom

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9
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What is an isotope?

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Are atoms of the same element (have the same number of protons) with a different number of neutrons

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10
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Why do isotopes have the same chemical properties?

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They have the same number and arrangement of outer shell electrons

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11
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When are posture ions formed?

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When the atom loses electrons

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12
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When are negative ions formed?

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When atoms gain electrons

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13
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What are the 4 steps in mass spectrometry?

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  • ionisation
  • acceleration
  • separation of ions
  • detection
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14
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What are the two ways an atom can be ionised in step one of mass spec.?

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Electron impact and electrospray ionisation

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15
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Describe electron impact ionisation

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  • Sample is injected into spectrometer and vaporised
  • High energy electrons from an electron gun are fired at the sample
  • The high energy electrons knock off an electron from each particle to form positive ions
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16
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Write the equation for the electron impact ionisation of magnesium

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Na (g) -> Na+ (g) + e-

g

17
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Explain electrospray ionisation

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  • sample is dissolved in polar solvent
  • injected through a fine hypodermic needle to give a fine mist
  • the tip of the needle is attached to the positive terminal of a high voltage supply
  • particles gain a proton (H+ ion) from the solvent to form positive ions
18
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What is the general equation for electrospray ionisation?

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M(g) + H+ -> MH+ (g)

19
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What is important about the mass of the result of electrospray ionisation?

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Mass is one more than the sample

20
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Why is a volatile solvent used in electrospray ionisation?

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So it can be easily evaporated

21
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What does the mass of the ion at the end of mass spec. depend on?

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The type of ionisation

22
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What is the mass of ion in electron impact ionisation?

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Mass of element / compound

23
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What is the mass of the ion at the end of electrospray ionisation?

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(Mass of element / compound) + 1

24
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How are positive ions accelerated in mass spec.?

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An electric field is applied

25
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What does applying an electric field do to the ions in mass spec.?

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  • accelerates them

- gives them the same kinetic energy

26
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What does the velocity that an ion travels in mass spec. Depend on?

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The mass

27
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Which type of ions reach the detector first in mass spec.?

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Lighter ions

28
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Why is the whole spectrometer kept under vacuum?

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  • to stop unwanted reactions

- only analyse our sample

29
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What is the detection part of mass spec.?

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The detector records the different ions as they arrive

30
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How can ions be detected in mass spec.?

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The positive ion accepts an e-

31
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A graph of the results from mass spec has been drawn. The relative atomic mass of Mg is 24.3. Why is there no peak at 24.3?

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Because isotopes have whole mass numbers, 24.3 is the average

32
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Why must the sample be ionised in mass spec.?

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So it can be accelerated

So it can be detected

33
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What is the isotopic mass?

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The mass of an isotope relative to 1/12th the mass of an atom of carbon-12

34
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What is relative atomic mass (Ar)?

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The weighted average mass of all the isotopes relative to 1/12th the mass of an atom of carbon-12

35
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How do you calculate relative atomic mass?

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(Mass x abundance of each isotope) / total abundance

36
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Why is there only two peaks on the graph of mass spectra obtained from electrospray ionisation?

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It doesn’t cause fragmentation

37
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What is electron impact ionisation used for?

A

Identifying unknowns

38
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What is electrospray ionisation used for?

A

Finding the Mr of large, delicate molecules such as DNA

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