Gold foil experiment Flashcards

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What was the gold foil experiment and what did it prove?

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The majority of the alpha particles that Rutherford fired at the gold foil passed straight through the piece of foil, proving that the atom is mainly empty space. Some alpha particles were deflected near the centre, this proves that there is a positively charged centre in the atom (as like charges repel) known as a nucleus where most of the mass is concentrated.

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What is crystallisation?

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Crystallisation is used to separate a soluble substance (solute) from a mixture of a solid and a liquid.
Method:
-the solution is heated in an open container. the heat source varies, if you’re using an inflammable solvent like water, use a bunsen burner, however if you’re using a flammable solvent like ethanol, you’d use an electric heater or water bath bc u don’t want a flame near it
-the solvent molecules start evaporating, leaving behind the solutes
-when the solution cools, crystals of solute start accumulating on the surface of the solution
-crystals are collected and dried

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What is filtration

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Filtration is used to separate an insoluble substance from a liquid

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What does the group number tell u in the periodic table

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The group number of each element tells us how many electrons are in the outer shell

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What does the period number (rows) tell u in the periodic table

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The period number tells u how many shells are in the electron configuration

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What is an isotope

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Atoms of the same element which have different mass numbers. This is because they have the same amount of protons but a different amount of neutrons.

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What is the symbol for relative atomic mass (atomic mass)

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Ar

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Equation of Ar

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In your book

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Why do u not use ink and use pencil to draw the line in chromatography

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Pencil is insoluble in water and will not move as the chromatography progresses, whereas pen ink is soluble in water, and the pen ink will dissolve and mix with the samples being tested

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What do the dots in chromatography represent

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A pure substance produces 1 spot, and impure substance produces 2 or more spots

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