2.1-2.3 Chapters: Matter & Flashcards
Stone Age?
- First chemists lived before 8000 BC in Middle East.
- Stone Age was characterized by use of stone tools.
- Fire control and substance change skills developed.
- Fire-hardened mud bricks and stronger tools made.
- Metals discovered by end of Stone Age, leading to bronze age.
Bronze Age?
- Chemists focused on metals like gold and copper.
- Gold’s attractive color and lustre made it valuable.
- Copper’s use in tools, pots, coins, and coins made it valuable.
- Copper experimentation led to creation of bronze.
- Hittites discovered iron extraction around 1200 BC, triggering the Iron Age.
Iron Age?
- Iron and carbon combined to create steel.
- Steel enhanced hunting blades and war armour.
- Early people explored liquid extraction and use.
- Juices and oils crucial in daily life and rituals.
- Ancient Egypt preserved human bodies with Juniper tree resins.
Composition Of Matter - Democritus
- Greek philosophers proposed matter as composed of particles around 2500 years ago.
- Democritus used “atomos” in 400 BC to describe smallest particles.
- Each material type was composed of different atomos with unique properties.
- Aristotle’s 350 BC claim of earth, air, fire, and water was widely accepted.
Alchemy
Ancient branch of natural philosophy.
* Originated in Greece and Egypt.
* Experimented with transforming metals into valuable ones.
* Transformed ordinary into extraordinary.
Alchemist
An ancient scientist who was thought to be part chemist part magician.
What Did Alchemists Do?
Conducted various chemistry experiments.
* Invented lab tools like beakers and filters.
* Published Alchemia, the first printed chemistry text in 1597.
For Example: Al-Razi discovered plaster of paris which is a material used to heal broken bones.
Robert Boyle?
Confirmed matter composed of tiny particles.
* Observed gas behavior.
* Believed particles group together to form substances.
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
1770s study of chemical interactions.
* Developed naming system for chemicals.
* Identified hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon.
* Known as “Father of Modern Chemistry.”
J.J. Thompson
Discovered subatomic particle, electrons.
* Experimented with cathode rays, identifying negatively charged particles.
* Proposed “Raisin Bun Model” of atom in 1897.
* Described positively charged sphere with negative charges.
* Believed in balanced positive and negative charges.
* Cathode rays used in TVs for image creation.
John Dalton
Developed theory based on experiments.
* First to define an element as a pure substance.
* Each element is composed of an atom.
* All atoms of the same element have identical masses.
* No two elements have the same mass.
* Known as the “billiard ball model” due to atoms’ solid spheres.
Hantaro Nagaoka
Created miniature solar system.
* Positive charges at center, negative charges orbit.
Ernest Rutherford
Utilized radioactivity to create atom model.
* Predicted particles would travel straight through foil, some scattered.
* Atoms mainly empty space, with a tiny, positively charged center at the core, referred to as the nucleus.
Niels Bohr
Believed electrons orbit in specific circular shells.
* Electrons jump between shells due to energy gain or loss.
James Chadwick
Chadwick’s Nucleus Discovery
* Nucleus contains protons and neutrons.
* Both have equal mass.
Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Mechanics A branch of physics that describes properties of nature on an atomicscale.Quantum Mechanics Modifies Chadwick’s Atom Model
* Electrons in charged cloud around nucleus.
Origins Of The Periodic Table
Over 30 elements identified by early 1800s.
* John Dalton developed new symbols for elements, improving communication.
* Berzelius modified Dalton’s work, suggesting letters for each element.
* First upper case letter of an element became the symbol.
* For elements with same first letter, a second lower case letter was added.
* Berzelius’s naming system is still used today, facilitating understanding among chemists.
The Atomic Mass?
The mass of one atom of an element measured in atomic mass units ( amu).Chemists decided to order the elements by increasing atomic mass. They determined the average mass of an atom by comparing it to the mass of a carbon atom.
Octave
In 1864, John Newlands recognized a pattern when elements were listed by increasingatomic mass. The properties of elementsrepeated at regular intervals. Newlands called this pattern the “Law of Octaves”.
Electrolysis
The process of decomposing a chemical compound by passing an electric current through it.Scientists used electrolysis to isolate the elements potassium, sodium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, and Barium
Covalent Bond
Dimitri Medeleev
Organized elements based on patterns in their properties.
* Examined 63 known elements and their properties.
* Developed pattern for predicting properties of undiscovered elements.
* His work accurately reflected nature.
Periodic Table Now
Mendeleev’speriodic table included the 63 elements of his time. Since then, many more elements have been discovered. Today, about 118 elements are known.
Atomic Number?
Represents the number of positively charged protons in an element’s nucleus.
* Located above the element’s symbol on the left.
* Oxygen atoms have 8 electrons due to their neutrality.
* The atomic number increases by 1 for each element in the periodic table.