Chapter 2 Flashcards
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Periodic Table
How elements (pure substances) are organized.. Protons having a positive charge, electrons having a negative charge, and neutrons having no charge at all. Created by Dmitri Mendeleev (known for his great hair :P)
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Henri Becquerel
In 1896, Henri left some crystals of uranium salt in his desk drawer which produced negative images on his film. This proved the existence of radioisotopes (he called them invisible radiations)
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Radioactive Decay
The process of transforming one element into another. It occurs independently of external factors and it will always decay at a constant rate.
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Tracer
Any molecule with a detectable substance attached. Typically, a radioactive tracer is a molecule in which radioisotopes have been swapped for 1+ atoms.
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PET
Positron-Emission Tomography: allows people to see cell activity. The tracer, such as a radioactive sugar, is injected into a patient who is then moved into a PET scanner.Cells will take up the tracer at different rates and detects radioactive decay where ever the tracer is. This produces an image on a computer monitor and can reveal cell abnormalities.
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Shell Model
Used to check the cell for vacancies. (check out figure 2.6 and 2.7 on page 24 and 25)
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Electronegativity
The measure of an atom’s ability to pull electrons from other atoms. Whether the pull is strong or weak depends on the atoms size and how many vacancies it has; it is not a measure of charge.
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Chemical Bond
An attractive force that arises between 2 atoms when their electrons interact.
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Molecule
Formed when 2+ atoms of the same or different elements join in chemical bonds.
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Compounds
are molecules that consist of 2+ different elements in proportions that do not vary. (ex. water)
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Mixture
2+ substances intermingle, and their proportions can vary because the substances do not bond with each other (ex. sugar in water)
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Ionic Bonds
Bond in which one or more electrons from one atom are removed and attached to another atom, resulting in positive and negative ions which attract each other.
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Covalent Bonds
bond in which one or more pairs of electrons are shared by two atoms. A line represents a single covalent bond, 2 lines represents a double covalent bond, and 3 lines represents a triple covalent bond. See table 2.1, 2.8, 2.9 on page 26 and 27
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Polar Covalent Bond
forms between 2 elements with a small different in electronegativity. The atoms do not share electrons equally.
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Non-polar Covalent Bonds
2 atoms of identical electronegativity share electrons equally and there is no difference of charge between the 2 ends of the bond.