Atomic structure and the Periodic table Flashcards
What is an atom?
Smallest part of an element that can exist.
What do atoms contain?
Atoms contain protons, neutrons and electrons.
What is the radius of an atom?
0.1 nanometres
What does the nucleus contain?
Protons and neutrons
Is the nucleus positively or negatively charged?
Positively charged
What orbits the nucleus?
Electrons
What is the relative mass of a Proton?
1
What is the relative mass of a Neutron?
1
What is the relative mass of an electron?
Very small
What is the charge of a proton?
+1
What is the charge of a Neutron?
0
What is the charge of an electron?
-1
Why do atoms have a neutral charge?
Because they have the same number of protons as electrons.
In an ion does the number of protons= the number of electrons?
No.
What is the top the an element called?
Mass number.
What is the bottom of an element called?
Atomic number.
What does the atomic number tell you?
How many protons there are.
What does the mass number tell you?
The total number of protons and neutrons in the atom.
What is an element?
Is a substance with only one type of atom which has the same atomic number.
What is an isotope?
Are atoms of an element with different numbers of neutrons.
What is relative atomic mass?
It is the average of the mass number of the different isotopes.
What does the abundance of an isotope mean?
How common each isotope is.
How do you calculate Relative atomic mass?
(mass number of isotope 1 x percent abundance of isotope 1) + (mass number of isotope 2 x percent abundance of isotope 2)/100
What is a compound?
Two or more elements which are chemically joined together in fixed proportions.
What is Filtration?
Separating an insoluble solid from a liquid.
What is Crystallization?
Separating a soluble solid from a liquid.
What is Simple distillation?
Separating a liquid from a dissolved solid.
What is Fractional distillation?
Separating two or more liquids which have different boiling points.
What is Chromatography?
Separating two or more dissolved solids from a solution.
What is the method of doing paper chromatography?
1) Draw a line near the bottom of a sheet of filter paper
(use a pencil because its soluble)
2)Add a spot of the ink on the line and place the sheet in a beaker of water or solvent.
3) Make sure ink isn’t touching the water
4)Watch each different dye in the pink separate out
5)When a solvent has nearly reached top of paper take it out the beaker wait for it to dry then the end result is a pattern of spots called chromatogram.
What is the method of getting pure dry salt from a solution? (Evaporation)
1) Pour the solution into an evaporating dish.
2) Slowly heat the solution, until crystals start to form as the solvent will evaporate.
3) Keep heating the evaporating dish until all you have left is dry crystals.
What is the method of getting pure dry salt from a solution? (Crystalization)
1) Solution is placed in a evaporating dish and is heated.
2) As solution is heated the water in solution is heated meaning less water.
3) Once water is evaporated crystals will appear, so remove dish from the Bunsen burner and leave it to cool.