Chapter 3 Flashcards
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for a model and theory to remain valid it…
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- MUST explain ALL known facts
- MUST enable the scientists to make correct predictions
2
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chemist models
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helps us understand the unseen
* can be visual, verbal, or mathematical
3
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Democritus
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- 460-370 BC
- Proposed the existence of an atom; if a substance is cute into smaller piece eventually you will have the smallest possible piece
- Called the tiniest piece the atom
*Comes from “atomis “ meaning not to cut
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Aristotle
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- 384-322 BC
- Rejected the idea of the atom
- Said matter could be cut continually
- Everyone believed him; idea of atom disappeared for 2,000 years
5
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Three laws of how chemical compounds are formed
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- Later 1700s
*Law of Conservation of Mass
*Law of Definite Properties
*Law of Multiple Properties
6
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Johns Daltons theory prosper that atoms:
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- Are the building blocks of life
- Are indivisible
- Of the same elements are identical
- Of different elements are different
- Unite in small, whole number ratios to form compounds
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John Dalton
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- Early 1800s
- Model of atom was introduced by him
- Developed first model in 1803
- Saw atoms as indivisible/indestructible
1) Believed all atoms of a given element were identical in: shape and mass.
2) Believed the atoms of different elements were different with a distinct shape, size, and mass
3) Believed that compounds were formed by combining two or more elements
7
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What 2 parts of Daltons theory were proven incorrect?
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- Atoms in the same element are exactly the same
- Atoms are indivisible and cannot be broken down
7
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J.J. Thomson
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- late 1800s
- Credited with discovery of the electron
- Saw the atoms as a solid mass
- Made the first discovery of a subtonic particle from using cathod-ray tubes
- Results found that the cathode-ray particles(electrons) are fundamental particles that are presents in the atoms of all elements
8
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Plum Pudding model:
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- Created by Thomson
- Negatively charged particles enclosed in a substance of positive charge
9
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Lord Rutherford
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- Early 1900s
- In 1901, indicated that atoms are largely made up of empty space
- Conducted the gold-foil experiment
10
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Gold-foil Experiment
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- Aimed alpha particles at foil
- MOST passed through
- A FEW particles were deflected
- SOME particles bounced back
- Results: Most of the atom is empty space, an atom has a dense(positively charged) core surrounded by electrons
11
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Planetary Model
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The model that Rutherford suggested that electrons orbit the positively charged nucleus, just like how planets orbit the sun
12
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model
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a familiar idea used to explain unfamiliar facts observed in nature
13
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theory
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an explanation of observable facts and phenomena
