Chapter 7 Flashcards
Actinide Series
All radioactive. Only 3 actinides exist in nature.
Transuranium elements
Elements that are synthetic and do not exist in nature. Has an atomic number greater than 92. Created in particle accelerators or nuclear reactors.
Plutonium 239
A transuranium element that does not decay quickly and can be used in nuclear power plants
Americium
Used in smoke detectors
Lanthanide Series
Silvery metals w/ high melting points. Found mixed together in nature. First found in Ytterby Sweden.
Neodymium and praseodymium
Used in glass for welder’s goggles. They absorb high energy radiation that can damage the eyes.
Yttrium and Europium
Found in TV screens and color computor monitors. Emit bright red light when excited by a beam of elelectrons.
Cerium
Used to create Misch metal which is 50% cerium to remove carbon from iron and steel.
Compounds of lanthanides are used for:
Movie projectors, high intensity searchlights, lasers, and tinted sunglasses.
Copper
Electrical wiring
Zinc
Protective coating for other metals. Also helps digest proteins and eliminate carbon dioxide in your body.
Iron
Making steel
Transition metals in general are used for:
Jet engines, drill bits, surgical instruments, armor
Iron
Center of hemoglobin molecule, which picks up oxygen from blood vessels in your lungs and carries it to cells throughout your body.
Manganese and Copper
Used in cellular respiration
Cobalt
Needed for the development of red blood cells.
Metallurgy
Extracting metals and their compounds from ores.
Magnetism
The ability of a substance to be affected by a magnetic field. A moving electron creates a magnetic field.
Diamagnetism
All the electrons in atoms or ion are paired. The substance is unaffected or slightly repelled by a magnetic field.
Paramagnetism
There is an unpaired electron in the valence orbital of the atom or ion, the electron is attracted to a magnetic field.
Temporary magnet
Magnetic properties disappear after the magnetic field is removed.
Ferromagnetism
The strong attraction of a substance to a magnetic field. all the ions are alligned so they form a magnet.
Color change
Can be used to detect when a transition metal forms a different type of ion.
Helium
Lightest noble gas; lighter than air, used in blimps, airships, and balloons. By replacing the N in air with He, divers can return to the surface without experiencing “The bends.” Liquid He can also be used as a coolant for superconductors. Emits yellow light.
Neon
Light displays when high voltage electricity excites the electrons, and then they fall back down. Emits a bright orange light.
Argon
Emits blue light for neon light displays. Most abundant of the noble gasses on earth. Provides an inert atmosphere for welding to avoid sparks. Prolongs the life of filaments in light bulbs as a layer of insulation between banes of glass.
Bromine and Iodine
Relatively little produced compared to the other halogens b/c lack of commercial uses. Silver bromide and silver iodide are used to coat photographic film. Your body needs I for your thyroid gland, otherwise you can get goiter. Iodized salt.