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1
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What did Democritus discover about atoms and when?

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-They were indivisible particles in a spherical shape
-430 bce

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What did John Dalton discover about atoms and when?

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-All matter was composed of atoms (indivisible building blocks)
-Different elements had different sized atoms
1803

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What did JJ Thompson discover about the atom and when?

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-Atoms contained negatively charged particles (electrons)
-Ball of positive charge with electrons embedded inside
-Plum pudding model
1897

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What experiment did Rutherford do relating to the atom?

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-Gold foil experiment
-Fired positively charged alpha particles through foil

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What were the results of Rutherford’s alpha scattering experiment?

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-Most passed straight through the foil but some deflected back

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Who’s model did Rutherford prove wrong and when?

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JJ Thompson’s plum pudding model in 1911

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What did Niels Bohr discover about the atom and when?

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-Electrons orbited the nucleus at different fixed energy levels called shells
-They spiralled down into the nucleus causing it to collapse
1913

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8
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What is the refined Bohr model?

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-Scientists discovered that not all electrons in the same shell had the same energy levels
-Added sub shells
-Explained why some elements are inert

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What did Bohr believe about electron shells and elements reactivity?

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-They can only hold a fixed number of electrons
-Reactivity is due to the elements electrons so if the shell is full the element is inert

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10
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What did James Chadwick discover and when?

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The existence of neutrons in 1932

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What is the relative mass of protons, neutrons and electrons?

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proton-1
neutron- 1
electron-1/1840

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What is the relative charge of protons, neutrons and electrons?

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protons- +1
neutron- 0
electron- -1

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Why is the reactivity of different isotopes of an element identical?

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they have the same number of electrons

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14
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What is the share of percentages of isotopes of chlorine?

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75% chlorine-35
25% chlorine- 37

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15
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How many protons and electrons do isotopes of carbon have?

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6 protons and so 6 electrons

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16
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Define relative atomic mass:

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the average mass of its atoms, compared to 1/12 the mass of a carbon -12 atom

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17
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What are the key steps in a time of flight mass spectrometer?

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  • Ionisation
  • Acceleration
  • Ion Drift
  • Detection
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18
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What happens during ionisation?

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-The sample is ionised to enter the mass spectrometer
-Ionisation- the atom loses an electron and forms a 1+ positive charge

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What are the two methods of ionisation?

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  • Electrospray ionisation
  • Electron impact ionisation
20
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What happens during electrospray ionisation?

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  • Sample is dissolved in solvent
  • pushed through small nozzle at high pressure
  • A high voltage applied - gains H+ ions and increases mass by 1
  • Solvent is removed - leaves gas made of positive ions
21
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What happens during electron impact ionisation?

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  • Sample is vaporized
  • Electron gun used to fire HIGH ENERGY electrons at it
  • this knocks off one electron off one each particle - becomes +1 ions
22
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What happens during acceleration?

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  • Positive ions are reflected by an electric field.
  • Electric field gives the same kinetic energy to all ions.
  • The lighter ions experience a greater acceleration
23
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What happens during ion drift?

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  • The ions enter a region with no electric field
  • They drift through it at the same speed as they left the electric field.
  • Lighter ions will be drifting at high speeds
24
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What happens during detection?

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  • Lighter ions reach the detector faster
  • Data from detector (current and time of flight) is used to calculate mass/charge values needed to produce a mass spectrum
25
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What does the detector measure?

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The current created by ions and their time of flight.

26
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What does the y-axis represent in a mass spectrum?

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The abundance of ions as a percentage.

27
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What does the height of each peak represent in a mass spectrum?

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The relative isotopic abundance.

28
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What does the x-axis represent in a mass spectrum?

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The mass/charge (m/z) ratio

29
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What is the relative isotopic abundance?

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The amount of each isotope present in the sample

30
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How is the mass/charge ratio of each peak related to the isotope’s mass?

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The mass/charge ratio is equal to the relative mass of the isotope since each ion is +1 charged

31
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What charge do ions have in a mass spectrometer?

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Positive - mass spectrometer removes electrons

32
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What unit is mass/charge often shown in?

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M/z

33
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What is first ionization energy?

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Energy needed to remove one electron from each atom of an element in 1 mole of gaseous atoms, to form 1 mole of gaseous ions with a +1 charge

34
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What are the factors affecting ionization energy?

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  • Nuclear charge : More protons = higher attraction
  • Distance from Nucleus : Further electrons are easier to move
  • Shielding : More inner electrons reduce the attraction to outer electrons
35
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Why does each successive electron require more energy?

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So they can be removed due to increased nuclear charge and reduce shielding

36
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What is the general trend of 1st ionisation energy going down a group?

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Decreases as you go down a group

37
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Why does 1st ionisation energy decrease as you go down the group?

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  • atomic radius increases
  • distance between the nucleus and outer electron increases
  • shielding increases

THEREFORE the attraction between the nucleus and outer electron decreases, less energy required to remove the outer electron

38
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What is the general trend of 1st ionisation energy across a period?

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Increases across a period

39
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Why does 1st ionisation energy increase as you go across a period?

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  • nuclear charge increases
    -same shielding/ same distance of outer electron to nucleus

THEREFORE attraction between outer electron and nucleus increases, more energy needed to remove the outer electron

40
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When going across a period, why is there an exception for the trend between groups 2 and 3?

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Be/B and Mg/Al

it is easier to remove due to shielding by full ‘s’ orbital (higher energy levels)

41
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When going across a period, why is there an exception for the trend between groups 5 and 6?

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N/O and P/S

it is easier to remove due to electron pair repulsion

42
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What is successive ionisation energies?

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the energy required to remove electrons one by one from the same atoms

43
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What are the equations for 2nd and 3rd ionisation energies?

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44
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Why is there a general increase in ionisation energy (successive ionisation energies)?

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Due to increasing effective charge on the nucleus

45
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Why are there large ‘jumps’ on the successive ionisation energies graphs?

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Caused by electrons being taken from an energy level that is closer to the nucleus ie. decreased distance + decreased shielding THEREFORE stronger attraction

Chemistry A level (3 decks)

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