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Ch. 2, atomic structure and the periodic table Flashcards

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1
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(transition metal properties) they often form ..

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colored compounds

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(transition metal properties) they can have a variety of … states

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oxidation

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(transition metal properties) at least one of their compounds has an … subshell

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incomplete d electron

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(transition metal properties) they are often good

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catalysts

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(transition metal properties) they are … at room temperature (except copper and gold)

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silvery blue

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(transition metal properties) they are … at room temperature (except mercury)

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solids

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(transition metal properties) they form

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complex ions

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(transition metal properties) they are often … due to … electrons

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paramagnetic; unpaired

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periodic law: the properties of elements are a

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periodic function of their atomic numbers

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10
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acid-forming properties increase from …to .. on the table

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left; right

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base-forming properties decrease from … to … on the table

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left; right

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12
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the atomic radii of elements … across a period

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decrease

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first ionization energies … across a period

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increase

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metallic properties are greatest on the … side of the table and decrease to the …

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left; right

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nonmetallic properties are greatest on the … of the table and decrease tot he …

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right; left

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alpha particles are … particles of ….

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positively charged; helium nuclei

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beta particles are streams of

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high-speed electrons

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gamma rays are … similar to X-rays

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high-energy radiations

19
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(alpha particle) ejection reduces the atomic number by …, the atomic weight by …

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2; 4 amu

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(alpha particle) high …, relative …
range: about … in air
shielding needed: stopped by the thickness of a …, …

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energy; velocity; 5 cm; sheet of paper; skin

21
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(alpha particle) interactions: produces about … ionizations per cm; repelled by the …; attracts …, but does not capture them until its speed is much …

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100,000; positively charged nucleus; electrons; reduced

22
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(beta particle) ejected when a … decays into a … and an …

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neutron; proton; electron

23
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(beta particle) high …, low ….
range: about … m
shielding needed: stopped by 1 cm of .. or thickness of …

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velocity; energy; 12; aluminum; average book

24
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(beta particle) interactions: … because of high .., but produces about .. ionizations per cm

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weak; velocity; 100

25
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(gamma radiation) no …, beta particles and gamma rays are usually …, after a beta is emitted, a gamma ray …
arrangement in nucleus is …. same velocity as …

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charge; emitted together; follows; unknown; visible light

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(gamma radiation) range: …., shielding needed: about 13 cm of …., interactions: … of itself; gives … to electrons, which then perform the …

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no specific range; lead; weak; energy; ionization

27
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photographic plate: the fogging of a photographic emulsion led to the discovery of radioactivity. if this emulsion is viewed under a high-power …, it is seen that beta and gamma rays cause the silver bromide grains to develop in a .. fashion

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microscope; scattered

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scinitillation counter: a fluorescent screen will show the presence of … and … if the screen is viewed with a magnifying glass, small flashes of …, called …, will be observed. these allow one to detect the presence of and count …

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electrons; X-rays; light; scintillations; alpha particles

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geiger counter: most widely used at the present time for determining … any particle that will produce an ion gives rise to an … so the type of particle cannot be indentified. however, each individual particle can be detected

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individual radiation; avalanche of ions

30
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spontaneous disintegration produces the gas known as

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radon

31
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transmutation: conversion of an element to a … because of a change in the number of …

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new element; protons

32
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the ratio of carbon-14 to carbon-12 is the same as in the atmosphere for any living organism because of the constant interchange of materials between …. and …. this fact is used for carbon dating

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organism; surroundings

33
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a nuclear fission reaction is the splitting of a heavy nucleus into

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two or more lighter nuclei

34
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a nuclear chain reaction is a reaction in which an initial step leads to a succession of

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repeating steps that continues indefinitely

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a nuclear fusion reaction is the combination of very light nuclei to make a …. extremely high … and … are required in order to overcome the … forces of the two nuclei

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heavier nucleus; temperatures; pressures; repulsive

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nuclear changes convert … into …. energy released during nuclear reactions is much greater than the energy released during …

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matter; energy; chemical reactions

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