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Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table Flashcards

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1
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Atom

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The smallest part of an element that can exist

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Radius of atom

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0.1nm

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Subatomic particles in atom nucleus

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  • protons
  • neutrons
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Radius of nucleus of atom

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1 x 10⁻¹⁴ m

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Size of atom nucleus to radius of atom

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1/10000

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Charge of nucleus of atom

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Positive

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Where is mass concentrated in atom

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Nucleus

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Where are electrons in atom

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Orbiting nucleus on shells

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Charge of proton

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+1

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Relative mass of proton

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1

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Charge of electron

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-1

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Relative mass of electron

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1/1840

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Charge of neutron

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0

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Relative mass of neutron

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1

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Charge of an atom

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Neutral

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Why is charge of atom neutral

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Same of number of protons and electrons, their charges cancel out

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17
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What does atomic number tell you

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Number of protons in an atom

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What does mass number tell you about an atom

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Number of protons and neutrons

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How to find number of neutrons in an atom

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Atomic mass — atomic number

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Element

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Substance made up of one type of atom

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21
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What decides what type of atom it is

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Number of protons

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How many elements are there

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About 100

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Isotopes

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Atoms of an element with the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons

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Relative atomic mass

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Average mass of an element, taking into account all isotopes that make up an element

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Relative atomic mass formula

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sum of (isotope abundance X isotope mass number)
—————————————————
sum of abundances of all isotopes

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Compound

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Substances formed from 2 or more elements with the atoms in fixed proportions throughout the compound, held together by chemical bonds

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How are compounds made

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Elements reacting together

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28
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How are compounds separated into elements

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chemical reactions

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29
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How are bonds made

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Giving away, taking or sharing electrons

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30
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Ion

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charged particles that have gained or lost electrons, making them positively or negatively charged

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31
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What happens to metal atoms in atomic bonding

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  • lose electrons
  • form positive ions
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32
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What happens to non-metal atoms in atomic bonding

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  • gain electrons
  • form negative ions
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What does a compound formed of non-metals consist of

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  • molecules
  • each atom covalently bonds to another
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Mixture

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Substance made from two or more elements or compounds that aren’t chemically bonded

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How are mixtures separated

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Physical methods

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What are the physical methods

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  • filtration
  • crystallisation
  • simple distillation
  • fractional distillation
  • chromotography
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Air

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Mixture of gases, mainly nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide and argon, easily separated

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Crude oil

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Mixture of different length carbon molecules

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Properties of a mixture

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Mixture of properties of separate parts

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Paper chromatography practical

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  • draw baseline in insoluble pencil 1cm from bottom of the paper
  • add ink spot to line and place paper in solvent, not touching ink
  • place lid on container to stop evaporation
  • solvent seeps up paper
  • dyes move up paper at different rates, seperating
  • if dyes are insoluble they stay on baseline
  • taken paper out of beaker to dry
  • have a chromatogram
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When is filtration used

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  • to separate an in insoluble solid from a mixture
  • purification
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Filtration

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  • fold filter paper into cone and place in funnel
  • place funnel in conical flask
  • pour solution through
  • substrate filters through, residue left in filter paper
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Methods of separating soluble solids from solutions

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  • evaporation
  • crystallisation
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How to separate through evapouration

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  • pour solution into evaporation dish on tripod
  • slowly heat using Bunsen burner
  • solvent will evaporate, solution will get more concentrated, crystals will form
  • keeping heating until only dry crystals remain
45
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How to separate through crystallisation

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  • pour solution into evaporating dish and gently heat
  • as solvent evaporates, solution’s concentration increases
  • remove dish from heat, leave to cool
  • salt forms crystals as it becomes insoluble in cold, highly concentrated solution
  • filter solutions and leave to dry
46
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Rock salt

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Mixture of salt and sand

47
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How to separate rock salt

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Filtration

48
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Why can rock salt be filtered

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Salt dissolves in water and sand doesn’t

49
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What does distillation separate

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Mixtures containing liquids

50
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Types of distillation

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  • simple
  • fractional
51
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What does simple distillation separate

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Liquid from a solution

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Simple distillation practical

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  • solution is heated in conical flask with thermometer and bung
  • part of solution with lowest boiling point evaporates
  • vapour turns back into liquid in condenser as it is cooled by water
  • distilled liquid goes in beaker
  • rest of solution left is flask
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When is fractional distillation used

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In a mixture of liquids with similar boiling points

54
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Fractional distillation practical

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  • put mixture in conical flask with fractioning column filled with glass rods
  • liquid with lowest boiling point evaporates first
  • when thermometer reaches that temp, liquid reaches top of column
  • column cooler towards top, other liquids won’t get all the way up column
  • when first liquid collected, raise temp until next reaches the top
55
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Which electron shells are filled first

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Lower ones - close to the nucleus

56
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How many electrons go on the first shell

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2

57
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How many electrons go on every shell after the first

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8

58
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How did elements used to be categorised

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  • atomic weight
  • chemical/physical properties
59
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When was Mendeleev’s periodic table

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1869

60
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How was Mendeleev’s periodic table arranged

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  • mainly order of atomic weight
  • elements would be switched it properties meant it should be changed
  • gaps left for undiscovered elements
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How was Mendeleev’s periodic table proven right

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  • elements were discovered to fill gaps, fitting the pattern
  • isotopes were discovered - showed he was right not to place elements in order of atomic weight, isotopes have different masses but same chemical properties so have same position of periodic table
62
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How are elements ordered on periodic table

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Increasing atomic number

63
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Why are elements arranged in increasing atomic number on periodic table

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So there are repeating patterns of properties of elements that occur periodically

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Where are metals on the periodic table

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Left

65
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Where are non-metals on the periodic table

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Right

66
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What are the vertical columns on periodic table

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Groups

67
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What does group number tell you on the periodic table

A

Number of electrons in outer shell

68
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Relationship between reactions of elements in same group

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React in similar way

69
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What are the rows in the periodic table

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Periods

70
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What does period number tell you on periodic table

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Number of electron shells

71
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What type of element are most on periodic table

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Metals

72
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Why do elements generally react

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To form a full outer shell

73
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Which elements react easiest

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  • metals to the left of the periodic table
  • metals to bottom of periodic table
74
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Why do metals to left of periodic table react easiest

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Less electrons to remove

75
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Why do metals to bottom of periodic table react easiest

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  • less electron shells
  • less shielding between nucleus and outer shell electrons
  • less attraction between nucleus and outer shell electrons
  • not much energy required to remove electrons
76
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Why is it harder for non-metals to react and form positive ions

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  • more electrons on outer shell needing more energy to remove
    OR
  • less electron shells so less shielding and more attraction between nucleus and outer shell electrons, more energy needed to remove
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Why don’t metals and non-metals have similar properties

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Non-metals don’t have metallic bonding

78
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Properties of non-metals

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  • dull looking
  • more brittle
  • not always solid at room temperature
  • generally conduct electricity
  • usually have lower density
79
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Group 1 elements

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Alkali metals

80
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Group 1 chemical properties

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  • 1 electron in outer shell
  • very reactive
  • reactivity increases as you go down the group
  • higher relative atomic masses
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Group 1 physical properties

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  • soft
  • low density
  • generally white solids
  • generally dissolve in water to form colourless solutions
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What happens when group 1 metals form ionic compounds

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  • lose their 1 outer shell electron to form a full outer shell
  • form 1+ ions
83
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What happens when group 1 metals are put in water

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  • react vigorously
  • produce hydrogen gas
  • form hydroxides that dissolve in water to give alkaline solutions
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What happens when group 1 metals are heated in chlorine gas

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  • form white salts called metal chlorides
  • reaction becomes more vigorous down the group
85
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What happens when group 1 metals react with ocygen

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  • all form a metal oxide
  • lithium forms lithium oxide
  • sodium forms a mixture of sodium oxide and sodium peroxide
  • potassium forms a mixture of potassium peroxoide and potassium superoxide
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Why do group 1 metals tarnish in air

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metal reacts with oxygen in air to form a dull metal oxide layer

87
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Group 7 elements

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Halogens

88
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Halogens

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Non-metals with coloured vapours

89
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How are halogens atomically bonded

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diatomic - always found in groups of 2 atoms

90
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Fluorine

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  • yellow gas
  • very reactive
  • poisonous
91
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Chlorine

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  • dense green gas
  • fairly reactive
  • poisonous
92
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Bromine

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  • red-brown volatile liquid
  • dense
  • poisonous
93
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Iodine

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  • dark grey crystalline solid
    OR
  • purple vapour
94
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Group 7 trends

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  • reactivity decreases down the group
  • melting/boiling points increase
  • relative atomic masses increase
95
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Why does group 7 reactivity decrease down the group

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  • more electron shells
  • more shielding between nucleus and outer shell electrons
  • less attraction between nucleus and outer shell electrons
  • harder for atoms to gain an extra electron
96
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What happens when group 7 non-metals form ionic bonds

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  • gain 1 electron
  • gain a charge of 1-
97
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Group 0 elements

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Noble gases

98
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Reactivity of group 0 elements

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Inert

99
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Inert

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Unreactive

100
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Why are noble gases inert

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  • full outer shell of electrons
  • don’t need to lose/gain any
101
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How are noble gases atomically bonded

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Monatomic - single atoms not bonded to each other

102
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Group 0 elements at room temperature

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Colourless gases

103
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Flammability of group 0 elements

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non-flammable

104
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Trends in group 0

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  • boiling points increase down the group
  • relative atomic masses increase down the group
105
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Why do group 0 boiling points increases down the group

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  • number of electrons in each atom increases so there are greater intermolecular forces between them
  • more energy needed to overcome them

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