atomic structure & the periodic table Flashcards
John Daltons discoveries
- all substances are made of atoms
- atoms of the same element are alike and atoms of different elements are different
- atoms join with other atoms to make new substances
John daltons model
solid sphere ball thing
JJ Thomson discoveries
- atoms can be divided into smaller parts
- electron beam moved away from the negatively charged plate towards a positively charged plate so he knew that the particles must have a negative charge
JJ Thomson model
plum pudding model
Ernest Rutherford discoveries
- shot alpha particles into a sheet of gold foil and some went through but some bounced off so he knew atoms were made mostly of empty spaces and electrons travel in random orbits around the nucleus
- most of the mass is in the nucleus
Ernest Rutherford model
nuclear model
structure of atom
mass in its nucleus, nucleus made up of protons and neutrons, electrons orbit the nucleus in energy shells
electrons
negatively charged particles
protons
positively charged particles
neutrons
neutral charged particles (no charge)
alpha particle
particle consisting of 2 protons and 2 neutrons tightly bound together
relative charge and relative mass of protons
relative charge: +1
relative mass: 1
relative charge and relative mass of neutron
relative charge: 0
relative mass: 1
relative charge and relative mass of electron
relative charge: -1
relative mass: 1/1835
why do atoms contain equal number of protons and electrons
atoms are neutral so the amount of protons need to cancel out the amount of electrons. thats why theres an equal amount so its balanced
mass number
number of protons and neutrons
atomic number
number of protons or number of electrons
isotopes
different atoms of the same element containing same number of protons but different number of neutrons
how to calculate number of neutrons
mass number-atomic number
how does the existence of isotopes result in RAM of some elements not being whole numbetd
RAM is calculated using the amount of different isotopes and because it is an average it can lead to the RAM not always being a whole number
equation to figure out RAM
(mass of isotope A x % of isotope A) + (mass of isotope B x % of isotope B) / 100
how did Mendeleev arrange the elements
based on the order of their atomic mass, but sometimes he changed the order based on atomic weight
he left gaps for undiscovered elements
how did he use his table to predict the existence of undiscovered elements
he realized elements with similar properties belonged in the same group so he left gaps for the undiscovered elements to fit in
why was mendeleevs order of the elements increasing in RAM not always true
because certain isotopes can change the RAM when taken into account. some elements can have higher ones or lower ones depending on the isotopes taken into account