Chemistry Review Week 5 Flashcards
What is chemistry?
The study of matter and it’s changes
What is matter?
Anything that has mass and occupies space
What are atoms
Building block of matter
Comprised of protons neutrons and electrons
What are protons
They have a positive charge
The atomic number (Z) number of protons, determines identity of the atom
-mass = 1 atomic mass unit (amu)
-number of proton will match the number of electrons
What are neurons
They have a neutral charge
Mass = 1 amu
What are electrons
They have a negative charge
- mass is irrelevant
- Number of electrons will match the number of protons
What are ions
- atoms/groups of atoms bonded together with a net charge
- cations: positive
- anions: negative
What are elements
Only one type of atom
What are compounds
More than one kind of atom in a fixed ratio by mass
What are molecules
Groups of atoms chemically bonded together in a discrete unit by covalent bonds
-neutral charge
What are ionic compounds
Contain both positive and negatively charged ions with no identifiable units
-attached by charge and are not molecules
Can a substance be both a molecule and an element
Yes
Oxygen is an example
What is a physical change
No change in chemical make up
Example: Melting ice
What is a chemical change
Always makes a chemically different substance
Example: 2H2O——->2H2 = O2
What is a physical property
Maybe observed or measured without changing the chemical make up
- intensive: integral to the material, regardless of amount (ex: color)
- extensive: depends on sample size (ex: volume)
What is a chemical property
Describes the type of chemical changes the material tends to undergo
Ex: flammable
What are substances
Pure materials that can’t be physically separated into similar components
- throughout all samples the chemical and physical properties are uniform
- compound or element
What are mixtures
Two or more pure substances
- physical processes can separate the mixture into simpler substances
- homogenous: uniform in physical and chemical properties throughout the whole sample (ex: normal saline)
- heterogeneous: distinct phases boundaries where chemical and/or physical properties change (ex: emesis)
Describe the atomic structure
- protons and neutrons on the nucleus
- electrons surround the nucleus in cloud-like orbitals
- have wave-like properties rather than geometric properties
What determines an atoms identity?
Atomic number (Z)
- the number of protons determines identify
Ex: carbon Z = 6
What is mass number (A)?
Mass number (A) = Z + N -mass number can never be smaller than the atomic number
Z: atomic number
N: neutron number
-the mass number can never be smaller than the atomic number
How is atomic mass measured?
- atomic mass unit (amu)
- protons and neutrons - 1amu
What are isotopes?
Same atomic number, different mass number (different number of neutrons, same protons)
What is Dalton’s Atomic Theory?
- Elements are composed of tiny, indivisible particles called atoms, all atoms of a given element are identical and unique to the element
- Compounds are formed by bonding atoms together in a fixed ratio
- Chemical reactions do not create, destroy, or change atoms into atoms of other elements. Chemical reactions cause atoms to recombine into new substances
What is the Law of Conservation of Mass?
- No detectable change in total mass occurs during a chemical reaction
- the components are neither created, nor destroyed. They recombine.
What is the Law of Definite Proportions?
-different samples of a pure compound always contain the same elements in the same proportion by mass
Ex: water = 11.2% hydrogen and 88.8% oxygen by mass