Chapter 1. 1, 1.3-1.9 Flashcards
diatomic
2 atoms
Ernest rutherford
carried out experiments to test Thompson plum pudding model
Rutherford experiements
involved directing alpha particles at a thin sheet of metal foil
Rutherford hypothesis
reasoned that if Thomson model was accurate the massive alpha particles should crash through the thin foil, expected alpha particles to travel through the foil with very minor deflections in their paths
result of Rutherford experimenet
most particles went through, many were deflected at large angles, some were reflected, never hitting the detector
conclusion of Rutherford experiment
knew puddingmodel could not be correct, large deflections could be caused only by a center of concentrated positive charge that contains most of atom’s mass, most of the particles pass directly through the foil because the atom is mostly open space, the deflected alpha particles are those that had a close encounter with the positive center of the atom, few reflected the particles are those that made a direct hit on the positive center
nucleus
- its small size compared with overall size, accounts for almost all the atom’s mass 2. extremely high dentistry, dramatically demonstrated by the fact that a piece of nuclear material about the size of a peace would have a mass of 250 million tons
isotopes
atoms with same number of protons, but differnet number of neturons
atomic number
number of protons
mass number
number of proton and neutrons
energy
ability to do work or produce heat, can be connected from one form to another, no energy is created or destroyed, can be divided into kinetic and potential energy
work
force acting over a distance
joule
fundamental unit of energy, kilogram meter squared per second square, used to describe energy
mole
unit for describing numbers of atoms or molecules present 6.022 times 10 to the negative 23rd
per mole
means that 6.022 times 10 to the negative 23rd are represented by the quantity in question