Atomic Structure and Periodic Table Flashcards
The radius of an atom
0.1 nanometres (1 x 10^-10)
Radius of a nucleus
1 x 10^-14
Protons relative mass
1
Protons relative charge
+1
Neutrons relative mass
1
Neutrons relative charge
0
Electrons relative mass
Very small
Electrons relative charge
-1
Do atoms have any overall charge
No they are neutral (unlike ions), becasue they have the same amount of protons and electrons.
Atomic Number (bottom)
Tells you the number of protons
Mass Number (top)
Tells you the number of protons and neutrons
Definition of Isotopes
Different forms of the same element, which have the same number of protons, but a different number of neutrons.
Relative atomic mass
Is an average mass taking into account the different masses and abundances (amounts) of all the isotopes that make up one element.
Relative atomic mass =
sum of (isotope abundance x isotope mass number) / sum of abundances of all the isotopes
A compound formed from a metal and a non-metal consists of
ions (ionic bonding, metal loses electrons to get positive ions and non-metal gains electrons to get negative ions, opposites attract.)
Ionic Bonded compounds
Sodium chloride, magnesium oxide, calcium oxide
A compound formed from non-metals consists of
molecules (covalent bonding, sharing electrons)
Covalent Bonded compounds
hydrogen chloride gas, carbon monoxide, and water.
Balancing Equations
Can’t change the little numbers so have to add a big number in front, everything needs the same number of atoms on both sides.
Ways to separate mixtures
Crystallisation, Simple Distillation, Fractional Distillation, Filtration, and Chromatography.
Chromatography steps
- Draw a line at the bottom of the filter paper in pencil
- Add a spot of ink to the line and place the sheet in a beaker of solvent (water), make sure the ink isn’t touching the water
- Place a lid on the container to stop the solvent from evaporating
- As the ink moves up the paper the dyes will separate out
- If any of the dyes in the ink are insoluble they will stay on the baseline
- Remove the paper once the solvent has nearly reached the top of the paper, and leave to dry
- The end results should be a pattern of spots called a chromatogram.
Filtration Steps
- Filtration can be used when the product is an insoluble solid that needs to be separated from a liquid.
- Put filter paper in a funnel that is placed in a beaker or conical flask.
- pour the mixture into the funnel
Evaporation
- Pour the solution into an evaporating dish
- Slowly heat the solution. The solvent will evaporate and the solution will get more concentrated. Eventually, crystals will start to form.
- Keep heating the evaporating dish until all you have left are dry crystals.
Equipment: Bunsen Burner, Evaporating dish, tripod.
Crystallisation Steps
- Pour the solution into an evaporative dish and gently heat the solution. Some of the solvent will evaporate making the solution more concentrated.
- Once some solvent has evaporated, or once you start to see crystals form (the point of crystallisation), remove the dish from the heat and leave it to cool.
- The salt should start to form crystals as it becomes insoluble in the cold, highly concentrated solution.
- Filter the crystals out of the solution, and leave them in a warm place to dry. You could use a drying oven or a desiccator.
How to separate Rock Salt (salt and sand)
- Grind the mixture to make sure the salt crystals are small so they can dissolve easily.
- Dissolve the mixture in water, the sand will not dissolve. Heating will help the salt dissolve faster.
- Filter the mixture to separate the sand from the salt water.
- Evaporate the water from the salt so that it forms dry crystals.
Simple Distillation Steps
- Simple distillation is used for separating a liquid from a solution.
- The solution is heated. The part of the solution that has the lowest boiling point evaporates first.
- The vapour is then cooled, condenses (turns back into a liquid) and is collected.
- The rest of the solution is left behind in the flask.
Equipment: Conicle flask with bung, thermometer, condenser, a beaker.
Can only be used to separate things with very different boiling points, if the temperature goes higher than the point of the substance with the higher boiling point, they will mix again.