Chapter 5 Flashcards
What are The three classifications
Nonmetals
Metals
Metalloids
The distance from the center of an atom’s nucleus to its outermost electron (energy level) is its?
Atomic Radii.
The radii of an atom decreases in size as you move from __ to __ across the periodic table.
left to right
Atomic radius is also increases when moving __ a group or column in the periodic table because another energy level is added with each subsequent period.
down
Negative ions?
Anions
Positive ions?
Cations
____ is when a single neutral atom in the gaseous state, uses the minimum amount of energy required to remove the first electron from its outermost shell.
First Ionization energy
_____ Is the measure how easily electrons are taken away from atoms to form cations.
Ionization energy
What group or family does not give up or gain electrons easily because their outermost shell is full?
Noble gases
____ is the amount of energy required to add an electron to a neutral atom to form a negative ion, or anion.
Electron Affinity
_____ is the measure of the attraction between the nucleus and valence electrons.
Electronegativity
The first chemist to quantify electronegativity was the brilliant chemist _____ who won the Nobel prizes in what years?
Linus Pauling
1954 and 1962