Ch 3 Section 2 Flashcards
Atom
Smallest particle of an element that retains the chemical properties of that element
All atoms consist of
2 regions
Nucleus
Very small region at the center of an atom
Nucleus is made up of at least one
Positively charged particle called a proton and usually one or more neutral particles called neutrons
Surrounding the nucleus is a region occupied by
Negatively charged particles called electrons
Electrons region is very
Large compared with nucleus
Subatomic particles
Proton
Neutron
Election
First discovery of a subatomic particle resulted from investigations into
Relationship between electricity and matter
Many experiments performed in which electric current was passed
Through various gases at low pressures
As scientific advances allowed a deeper exploration of matter it became clear that atoms are actually composed of several basic types of
Smaller particles and that the number and arrangement of these particles determine that atoms chemical properties
Those experiments carried out in
Cathode ray tubes
When current was passed through a cathode ray tube surface of tube
Directly opposite the cathode glowed
Hypothesized that glow was caused by a
Stream of particles, a cathode ray
Ray traveled from cathode to
Anode when current was passed through the tube
Cathode Rays were deflected by a
Magnetic field in the same manner as a wire carrying electric current which is know to have negative charge
Rays were deflected
Away from a negatively charged object
Observations led to hypothesis that particles that commode cathode Rays are
Negatively charged
Cathode ray hypothesis supported by
JJ thomsons experiments
Thomson was able to measure the ratio of the charge of
Cathode Ray particles to their mass and found that ratio was always the same
Thomson concluded that all cathode Rays are composed of
Identical negatively charged particles called electrons
Cathode Rays have identical properties regardless of the
Element used to produce them
Concluded that electrons are present in
Atoms of all elements
Cathode ray experiments provided evidence that atoms are
Divisible and that one of an atoms basic constituents is the electron