Atomic Structure Flashcards
What did Democritus discover?
Atoms couldn’t be split.
What did John Dalton discover?
Came up with theories about what made up different elements.
Determines atoms were tiny particles (like hard spheres) that couldn’t be split, which made up elements.
What did J.J. Thompson discover?
Electrons and proved atoms could be split.
What did Rutherford discover?
Used experimental work with students to develop nuclear model in which most of mass is concentrated in nucleus with electrons in shells orbiting the nucleus.
What did Niels Bohr discover?
Electrons in atoms could only travel along certain shells.
What did James Chadwick discover?
Experiment to show existence only neutrons.
What are PEN number?
Proton, electrons and neutron numbers.
What does a nucleus contain?
Protons + neutrons
What surrounds the nucleus?
Orbitals
Why do atoms have no electric charge?
Because they contain the same number of protons + electrons
What is the atomic number?
Number of protons
What is the mass number?
Protons + neutrons
How to work out number of neutrons?
Mass no. - atomic no.
What determines the types of atom?
Atomic number
Isotopes definition
Atoms with same number of protons but different electrons
How to work out relative atomic mass?
(Percent x mass)(percent x mass) / total percent
What can the time of flight mass spectrometry be used for?
- find abundance + mass of each isotope in an element so we can determine it’s relative atomic mass
- find relative molecular mass of substances made of molecules
What are the 4 stages of the time of flight mass spectrometry?
1) ionisation
2) acceleration
3) flight tube
4) detection
What happens in the time of mass spectrometry?
- Particles of the substance are ionised to form 1+ ions which are celebration so they all have the same kinetic energy
- the time taken to travel a fixed distance is then sued to find the mass of each ion in the sample
What are the 2 techniques on ionisation?
Electron impact (electron ionisation) Electrospray ionisation
What happens in electron impact?
- sample vaporised
- high energy electrons fired at it from electron gun
- this knocks off one else torn from each particle forming 1+ ion
- 1+ ions attracted towards negative electric plate where they are accelerated
What is an election gun?
A hot wire filament with a current running through it that emits electrons
Equation for election impact
X + e- -> X+ + 2e-