C1-key Concepts In Chemistry Flashcards
Neutrons relative mass,relative charge,location
Relative mass 1
Relatice charge 0
In the nucleus
Electron relative mass ,relative charge
0.0005=relative mass
Relative charge=-1
Proton relative mass ,relative charge
Relative mass 1
Relative charge +1
What is plum pudding model
Electrons are randomly distributed in a sphere of positive charge
The gold foil experiment
They fire an alpha partice which has a large postive charge +2 at a thin sheet of gold
RUTHERFORDS EXPERIMENTAL CONCLUSIONS
Path A suggests-most of atom is empty
Path B suggests-atoms have a nucleus which is postivd (so repels alpha particles)
Path c suggests -this nucleus is very small and in the centre of the atom
Bohrs nuclear model
There is a tiny central positively charged nucleus that contains most of the atoms mass
Most of an atom is empty space
Electrons aren’t in a “cloud” the are in fixed orbits called energy level or electron shell
We now know that an atom approximately…
10 to the power of -10 in radius
What does the atomic number tell us
The number of proton in nucleus
Are elements neutral or not neutral and what does this
Elements are neutral -this means they have equal number of protons and electrons
The number of neutrons in an element is equal to
Mass number -atomic number
/big number -little number