Atomic Structure & electrons in atoms Flashcards
What did dalton do with Democritus’s ideas?
By experimental methods he transformed them in to a theory
What did Democritus believe?
Atoms are indivisible and indestructible
Subatomic particles (3)
Electrons, protons, neutrons
In the atom (2) outside (1)
Neutrons & protons, elections (occupy almost all the volume)
How are elements different from each other?
Different numbers of protons
of neutrons
mass number - atomic number
Isotopes of an element have a different number of neutrons, so?
Different mass
Periodic table helps you compare what
Properties of an element (or group) to another element (or group)
Rutherfordium planetary model could explain the chemical properties if elements (t or f)
F
Bohr proposed what?
That electrons move only in specific curricular paths or orbits around the nucleus
The quantum mechanical model determines what?
The allowed energies of an electron and how likely it is to be found in various locations around the nucleus
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