C1 Flashcards
What are atoms made from
Protons, neutrons and electrons
What is an atoms radius
0,1 nanometer
Where is the nucleus in the atom and what does it contain
Middle and contains protons and neutrons
What is the radius of a nucleus
1x10^-14
What charge is the nucleus and why
Positive charge because it contains protons and neutrons
Relative mass of proton
1
Relative mass of neutron
1
Relative mass of electeon
Very small
Relative charge of proton
1
Relative charge of neutron
0
Relative charge of electron
-1
How do you know the number of protons and electrons of an element
Atomic number (bottom number of nuclear symbol)
How do you find the mass number
Protons + nuetrons
How to find number of neutrons
Top number (mass number) - bottom number (atomic number)
What is an atoms overall charge?
0 because they have the same amount of protons and electrons
Who was the first scientist to discover an atom, what year and what did he discover
John dalton - start of 19th century
Said atoms were solid spheres
Who was the second scientist to discover an atom, what year and what did he discover
JJ Thomson - 1897 - plum pudding model, believed the atom is a ball of charge with electrons scattered
Who was the third scientist to discover an atom, what year and what did he discover
Ernest rutherford, 1909, alpha scattering experiment - mass comentrated in the centre, the nucleus is charged, most of the mass is in the nucleus. Most atoms are empty space
Who was the fourth scientist to discover an atom, what year and what did he discover
Niels bohr, 1911, discovered electrons are in shells orbiting the nucleus