Atomic Structure Flashcards
What did John dalton a atomic theory say?
All matter is made up of tiny particles called atoms
Atoms are tiny, hard spheres that cannot be broken down into smaller parts
Atoms cannot be created or destroyed
The atoms in an element are all identical (but each atom has its own type of atom)
What did dalton so ideas help explain?
Some of the properties of matter. However experiments towards the end of the ninetieth century suggested that atoms contain even smaller particles
When high voltage is applied to a glass tube that has most of the air removed what is seen?
Glowing rays
What did some scientists think that cathode Ray’s were?
Atoms leaving the negative electrode
In 1897 what did JJ Thompson (1856-1940) investigate?
The mass of the particles in the Rays and found that they were about 1800 times lighter than the lightest atom (hydrogen)
What did cathode rays contain instead of atoms?
Subatomic particles, which we call electrons
Scientists have now worked out that atoms are made up of electrons together with heavier subatomic particles, they are called?
Protons and neutrons
What do electrons, protons and neutrons have?
Very very, small masses and electric charges, so rather than use their actual masses and charges, it’s easier to describe them by looking at their relative masses and relative charges, compared to a Proton
What happens if we say the mass of a proton is 1?
Then anything else that has the same mass is also 1
What are the 3 subatomic particles?
Protons, electrons, and neutrons
Look at page 18
And look at the table
What is at the centre of all atoms and what is it surrounded by?
A tiny nucleus containing protons and neutrons and its surrounded by fast moving electrons arranged in electron shells at different did ranches from the nucleus
What do atoms in elements always have?
Equal numbers of protons and electrons and so have no overall charge because the charges cancel out
Go to page 19 and look at the diagram
Do it
What do models of atoms help us understand?
Their structure - but most models don’t really give a correct impression of the scale. The overall diameter of an atom can be 100000 times the diameter of it nucleus
In 1909 Ernest Rutherford (1871 - 1937) what was she working with other to investigate?
The structure of atoms
What was an experiment Ernest Rutherford carried out and what happened)
The gold foil experiment, tiny positive particles were fired at a thin gold foil, to everyone’s surprise most of the particles passed straight through the gold foil, with a few being deflected and a very small number bouncing back
How did Rutherford explain the gold foil experiment?
By suggesting that atoms are mostly empty space, with a small positive central nucleus that contains most of the mass
When did the English chemist John dalton publish his atomic theory?
1805
What order in the periodic table were originally placed?
In order of the masses of their atoms
What was the problem with the elements being placed in order of heir masses and what did they do?
This caused elements to be grouped with others that had very different properties so a few elements were swapped around to make sure those with similar properties were grouped together, even if it meant they were no longer in the correct order of mass
What did the experiments by Henry Moseley (1887 - 1915) confirm and what did he show?
That the rearranged order of the elements in the table were actually correct. He showed that they were in order of the amount of positive charge in he nucleus
When was the proton discovered?
In 1913 Henry Moseley confirmed that the rearrange order of the elements were correct, the proton was discovered about 5 years later
