Chemistry Additional Flashcards
What does the atomic number tell you?
How many protons are there
What 3 types of particle do atoms contain?
Protons
Neutrons
Electrons
What does the mass number tell you
Total number of protons and neutrons
How can you get the number of neutrons?
Subtract the atomic number from the mass number
How are compounds formed
When atoms of two or more elements are chemically combined together
What is the isotope definition
Different atomic forms of the same element which have the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons
Isotopes must have the same atomic number but….
Different mass number
Name two popular pairs of isotopes?
Carbon-12
Carbon-14
Name one of the ways atoms can form compounds
Ionic bonding
What happens in ionic bonding?
Atoms lose or gain electrons to form charged particles (ions)
Which are then strongly attracted to one another
(Because of the attraction of opposite charges)
All atoms over at the left hand side of the periodic table ( sodium potassium calcium )
Have just one or two electrons in their outer shell
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Why are atoms on the left hand side of the periodic table keel to get rid of their electrons?
Because then they will only have full shells left
Because they try to have the same electronic structure as a noble gas
What happens when an atom on the left hand side of the periodic table gets rid of the atom to get a full shell
The atom is leaved as an ion instead
Who have outher shells which are nearly full?
Group 6/7
Such as oxygen and chlorine
What 4 things do ionic compounds have?
1 giant ionic lattices
2 very strong electrostatic forces of attraction between the opposite charged ions in all directions
3 ions form a closely packed regular lattice
4 a single crystal of sodium chloride is one giant ionic lattice ( which is why salt crystals have cuboid shape
Two properties of ionic compounds?
1 all have high melting points and high boiling points because of the strong attraction between the ions.
It takes large amount of energy to overcome this attraction
When ionic compounds melt the ions are free to move and they will carry electric current
2 they do dissolve easily in water
The ions seperate are free to move in the solution so they carry electric current
How can you get ionic compounds to conduct electricity ?
By melting them
Or dissolving them in water
Dissolving them is easier because it takes a lot of energy to melt an ionic compound
What are ions again?
Atoms that have lost or gained an electron or electrons
What electronic structures do ions have?
Of a noble gas
The elements that most readily form ions are ?
Groups 1.2.6.7
What are group 1/2 elements and what do they form
They are metals and they lose electrons to form positive ions
What are group 6/7 elements and what do they form
They are non metals they gain electrons to form negative ions
Any of the positive ions can combine with any of the negative ions to form an ionic compound
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Only elements at the opposite sides of the periodic table will form ionic compounds
( positive +negative )
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What is the overall charge of any compound?
Zero
so all negative charges in the compound must balance all the positive charges
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Chemical formula for sodium chloride
NaCl
Chemical formula magnesium chloride
MgCl2