Atomic structure and the periodic table Flashcards
What are all substances made from?
Atoms
What do atoms contain?
Protons, Neutrons, Electrons
What is the raidus of an atom?
0.1 nanometers / 1x10^-10
What is in the middle of the atom?
Nucleus
What does the Nucleus contain?
Protons and Neutrons
What is the raidus of the nucleus?
1x10^-14
What charge does the nucleus have?
Positive because of the protons
What does the electron do?
Move around the nucleus in electron shells
What charge do electrons have?
Negative
What charge do protons have?
Positive
What charge do neutrons have?
Neutral
What is the relative mass of electrons ?
1/2000 (sometimes taken as 0)
What is the relative mass of Protons and Neutrons ?
Both 1
What charge do atoms have?
Atoms are neutral because they have the same number of protons as electrons.The charge of Electrons and protons are the same but opposite so they cancel out.
What charge does an ion have?
The number of protons doesn’t equal the number of electrons which means it has an overall charge.
What does a nuclear symbol of an atom tell you?
It tells you its atomic (proton)number and mass number
What does the atomic number tell you?
(Small number)Atomic number tells you how many protons there are
What does the mass number tell you?
(Big number)the total number of protons and neutrons in the atom
How do you find the amount of neutrons?
Subtract the atomic number from the mass number
What is an element?
An element is a substance made up of atoms that all have the same number of protons in their nucleus.
What are isotopes?
They are different forms of the same element,which have the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons.
What is the formula to work out the relative formula of an element?
Relative atomic mass =sum of (isotope abundance x isotope mass number) / sum of abundance of all the isotopes
How are compounds formed?
They are formed from two or more elements, which are each in fixed proportions throughout the compound and they’re held together by chemical bonds
What does making bonds involve?
It involves atoms giving away, taking or sharing electrons.(Only electrons are affected)
What is ionic bonding?
A compound formed from a metal and a non-metal consists of ions.The metal atoms lose electrons to form positive ions and the non-metal atoms gain electrons to form negative ions.The opposite charges of the ions means that they’re strongly attracted to each other.
What is covalent bonding?
A compound formed from non-metals consists of molecules. Each atom shares an electron with another atom
What is a formula?
compounds represented by symbols (like elements)(e.g CO)
What is on the left and right of a chemical equation?
Molecules on the left hand side of the equation are called reactants because they react with eachother
Molecules on the right hand side of the equation are called products because they’ve been produced from the reactant