Atom Flashcards
(37 cards)
Location where electrons are found
Electron cloud
It is the central part of an atom
Nucleus
The particles of atoms are made of what?
Fermions and bosons
What do you call fermions and bosons?
Elementary particles
What are the two families of fermions?
Quarks and leptons
They are the fundamental forces (force carriers)
Bosons
Where does bosons come from?
Big bang
It causes mass.
Higgs
It causes the strong force
Gluon
It is an elementary particle and a fundamental constituent of matter
Quark
Quarks combine to form composit particles called what?
Hadrons
What are the six flavours of quarks?
Up, down,charm, strange, top and bottom
What is proton made up of?
2 up + 1 down and held together by gluons = proton
A neutron is made up of what?
1 up + 2 downs = neutron
It is an elementary, spin -1/2 particle that does not undergo strong interactions.
Lepton
It governs nearly all of chemistry as it is found in atoms and is directly tied to all chemical properties.
Electron
How are electrons attracted to the protons in the nucleus?
By the photon (electromagnetic force)
The atomic number indicates what?
Number of protons
It tells us what element we are reffering to
Number of protons
It tells us about the element’s isotope
Number of neutrons
Elements that have similar number of protons and different number of neutrons.
Isotope
It tels us about the element’s charge
Number of electrons
It has the same number of protons and electrons.
Neutrol atom
Different number of protons and electrons is called what?
Ion
