Atomic Structure Flashcards

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Scientists

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John Dalton
William Crookes
George Johnstone Stoney
J.J Thomson
Robert Milikan
Ernest Rutherford
Niels Bohr
James Chadwick
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John Dalton- discovered

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Atomic theory

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John Dalton - how

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Through experiments he performed with gases

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William Crookes - discovered

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Cathode rays

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William Crookes - how

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Negative electrode rays cast shadow of maltese cross in a vacuum tube

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George Johnstone Stoney - discovered

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Named the electron

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George Johnstone Stoney - how

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Proposed name in 1981

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J.J Thomson - discovered

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Electrons have a negative charge

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J.J Thomson - how

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  • Sent cathode ray through positive electrode, then through 2 parallel plates
  • When plates weren’t charged, ray went straight through, but if top one was positive, ray went upwards
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Robert Millikan - discovered

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Magnitude of charge of electrons as shown by oil drops experiment

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Robert Millikan - how

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  • Sprayed tiny oil droplets between 2 charged metal plates, used x-rays to ionise air between plates
  • Oil droplets fell through air
  • Oil droplet attached to positively charged plate
  • Made the droplet stationary + from measurements, he was able to calculate charge of electron
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Ernest Rutherford - discovered

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Discovering of nucleus as shown by particle scattering experiment, discovering of protons in nuclei of various atoms

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Ernest Rutherford - how

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  • Bombarded gold foil with Alpha particles
  • used detector for scattered a-particles
  • most went straight through, some deflected largely, some reflected
  • showed that gold foil had nuclei - which when hit, positive alpha particles repelled them
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Niels Bohr - discovered

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Model of atom

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Niels Bohr - how

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Used experimental evidence to prove electrons occupy particular orbits or shells around nucleus of atom

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James Chadwick - discovered

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Discovered the neutron

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James Chadwick - how

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  • Bombarded beryllium with alpha particles
  • Discovered some particle with no charge was coming from beryllium
  • They were knocking protons from beryllium
  • Found that these particles had same mass as protons + named them neutrons
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Dalton’s Atomic Theory

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  1. All matter is made up of very small particles called atoms
  2. All atoms are indivisible. Cannot be broken down into simpler particles

(3. identical atomic mass for particular element)

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Thomson’s plum pudding

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  1. Atom is like a sphere of positive charge

2. Electrons embedded in sphere at random

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Problem with Plum Pudding model

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Explained why atoms were neutral but Thomson did not have experimental evidence

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Mass Spectrometer

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Instrument capable of separating + recording relative amounts of isotopes of an element.

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Mass Spectrometer topics (processes)

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Sample intro
Vaporisation
Ionisation
Separation of ions
Detection
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Mass Spectrometer

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  • Sample to be analysed is injected into instrument
  • Vaporised
  • Ionised by bombardment with beam of high-energy electrons.
  • Positive ions produced are accelerated through slit, using electric field, deflected along circular path using magnetic field
  • Degree of curvature depends on mass of ion)
  • Separated into beams of ions of similar masses in this way
  • Detected electronically
  • Vacuum inside so ions don’t clash with air molecules
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Mass Spectrometer - molecules

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  • Can be used to determine relative molecular mass of substance composed of molecules
  • Molecules ionised + broken into positively charged fragments w/ different masses
  • Separated
  • Relative amounts recorded, giving mass spectrum of molecume
  • Mass of this ion is same as relatie molecular mass of molecule
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Molecule

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Group of atoms joined together. It is the smallest particle of an element or compound that can exist independently

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Ion

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Charged atom/group of atoms

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Compound

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Substance made of two or more elements

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Atom

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Basic unit from which all substances are formed

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Relative Atomic Mass (Ar)

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Average of the mass numbers of the isotopes of the element as they occur naturally taking their abundances into account relative to the 1/12th mass of carbon 12 atom

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Isotope

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Atoms of the same element that have different mass numbers due to different number of neutrons in nucleus

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Law of conservation of mass

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Total mass of products of a chemical reaction is same as total mass of reactants

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types of particles

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Proton
Neutron
Electron

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Proton charge

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+1

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Neutron charge

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0

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Electron charge

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-1

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Proton mass

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1

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Neutron mass

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1

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Electron mass

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1/1838

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Proton position

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Nucleus

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Neutron position

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Nucleus

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Electron position

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Shells around nucleus

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what term is used to refer to the condition of the hydrogen atom when its electron occupies the E1 level?

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ground state

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what term is used for the condition of the hydrogen atom when its elecron occupies any of the E2, E3, etc?

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excited states

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what causes the electron to leave the E1 level?

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it acquires energy (heat/electricity)

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why does the electron not remain in any of the levels E2, E3, etc?

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higher energy states unstable

46
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visible lines in a.emission spectrum produced when electrons fall to a particular energy level. What is this energy level?

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E2 / n = 2 / second

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how does modern atomic theory describe the behaviour of electrons?

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electrons have both wave and particle properties

48
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why relative atomic masses are rarely whole numbers

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average of mass numbers of isotopes of an element

49
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ways to detect the presence of cathode rays in a vacuum tube

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  • fluorescence
  • glow
  • coloured light
  • shadow cast by anode (cross,object)
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three observations made by Rutherford’s team when they bombarded gold foil with alpha particles

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  • most alpha-particles undeflected, passed straight through gold foil
  • some alpha particles deflected
  • some reflected straight back along their original paths
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explain how rutherford deduced from their observations that the nucleus is positive

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repulstion of positive alpha particles

52
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explain how rutherford deduced from their observations that the nucleus is negative

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  • most alpha-particles undeflected, passed straight through gold foil
  • a few alpha particles deflected straight back
53
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what contribution did Newlands make to the systematic arrangement of elements?

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  • arranged in increasing relative atomic mass/atomic weight

- law of octaves - repeat every eighth elements

54
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graphs

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  • use graph paper
  • make sure to join points and plot correctly
  • label and scale axes properly!
55
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mass number

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number of nucleons (protons and neutrons) in the atoms of an isotop

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a sample of the element gallium is composed of 60.1% galium-69 and 39/9% gallium-71. Calculate the relative atomic mass of it from this info

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69 x 60.1 = 4146.9
71 x 39.9 = 2832.9

100 atoms = 6979.8

Ar = 6979.8 / 100
= 69.798

57
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what is the colour of light associated with the line emission spectrum of sodium?

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yellow/orange

58
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explain how Rutherford interpreted the results of his experiment to conclude atom has a nucleus

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the only possible explanations for the observations are:

  • atom is mostly empty space
  • positive charge concentrated (contained in small space)