Atoms and reactions Module 2 Flashcards
How do you work out amount of neutrons in an atom?
Mass number - amount of electrons
What’s an isotope?
Isotopes of an element are atoms with the same number of protons but different numbers of nuetrons
What’s the relative atomic mass?
The weighted mean mass of an atom of an element compared to 1/12th of the mass of a carbon atom of Carbon-12
What’s the relative isotopic mass?
The mass of an atom of an isotope compared with 1/12th of of the mass of an atom of C-12
Can can RFM be found out with isotopic abundances?
Multiply each relative isotopic mass by it’s by it’s %
Divide by 100
Can also be worked out using mass spectrometry, abundance on y axis, mass/charge on x
Use same technique (be aware abundance might not add up to 100, so divide by sum of all isotopic abundances)
What’s avagardos number (the number of particles in one mole)?
6.02x10^23
How do you work out number of moles when given amount of particles?
Moles = Number of particles you have / number of particles in one mole (6.02x10^23)
Formula for moles involving mass?
Moles = mass / RFM
Formula for moles involving gases?
Moles = volume in dm^3 / 24 dm^3
What’s the ideal gas equation?
pV = nRT
p = pressure in pascals V = volume in m^3 (1cm^3 = 1 x 10^-6 m^3, and 1dm^3 = 1 x 10^-3 m^3) n = number of moles T= temperature in Kelvin
What’s the empirical formula?
Smallest whole number ratio of atoms of each element in a compound
What’s the molecular formula?
Gives the actual number of atoms of each type of element in a compound
How do you work out the empirical formula and then the molecular formula?
You will be given the elements in compound and there masses or percentages
Divide each percent or mass by the elements RFM
Divide everything by smallest value to get everything into whole number ratio
Then to find molecular you will given the total RFM of compound and then see how much you have to multiply the empirical to reach the RFM this will give you the molecular formula
How do you write ionic equations?
Write the full equation down
Split everything that’s (aq) into into it’s ions
Cross out any ions that appear on both sides
Nitrate ion formula?
NO3-
Carbonate ion formula?
CO3(2-)
Sulphate ion formula?
SO4(2-)
Hydroxide ion formula?
OH-
Ammonium ion formula?
NH4+
Zinc ion formula?
Zn 2+
Silver ion formula?
Ag +
What’s a hydrated salt and what’s an anhydrous salt?
Hydrated salt contains water of crystallisation
Anhydrous salt doesn’t contain water of crystallisation