Chemistry Flashcards
Proton
A small, positively charged particle of matter located in the nucleus of all atoms
Electrons
A small, negatively charged particle of matter located in the shell of all atoms
Neutron
A small, neutrally charged particle of matter located in the nucleus of all atoms
John Dalton (1803)
Billiard Ball Model
- A tiny indivisible uniformly dense solid sphere
J.J Thomson (1904)
The Plum Pudding/Raisin Bun Model
-discovered electron
-Atom is a sphere of positive charge with negative embedded (electrons)
Ernest Rutherford (1911)
The Planetary Model
An atom model made of electrons orbiting a nucleus made of protons and neutrons
Gold Foil Experiment
Done by Rutherford
An experiment that concluded that an atom is mainly empty space with tiny positively charged core (nucleus)
Niels Bohr (1913)
the atom as a central nucleus containing protons and neutrons with the electrons in circular orbitals at specific distances from the nucleus
Erwin Schrödinger (1926)
The Electron Cloud/Quantum Model
-Most recent model
-An atomic model where the nucleus is surrounded by a cloud of electrons
The 4 families on the periodic table
Halogens
Noble gases
Alkali metals
Alkali earth metals
Halogens
Highly reactive
The 17th Group
Noble Gases
Inert (don’t react)
The 18th group
Alkali Metals
Soft, Shiny, Reactive
The 1st Group
Alkaline Earth Metals
Shiny, Mid-Reactive
The 2nd Group
Difference between metals and non metals
Metals: natural elements, hard, shiny, opaque and dense
Non Metals: chemical substances, soft, non-shiny, transparent and brittle
Conductivity
the measure of the ease at which an electric charge or heat can pass through a material.