History of the Atom Flashcards
What did Mendeleyev do?
Found 60 element
How did Mendeleyev arrange the elements?
By atomic mass and similar c+p properties
What were Dalton’s 5 theories
- All matter is made of atoms
- Chemical reaction is a rearrangement of atoms
- Atoms of the same element are similar in shape/size
- Atoms combined in small whole number rations form compounds
What did Democritus do for the atom?
Created the concept of atomism (all matter is made up of tiny, indivisible particles (atoms))
What did JJ Thomson create
The Cathode Ray (sealed glass tube)
Describe JJ Thomson’s experiment
Put 2 magnets on either side of the sealed glass tube and found that the magnets deflected the cathode ray
What were JJ Thomson’s 3 discoveries?
- Cathode ray is made from negatively charged particles (electrons)
- Particles must exist as part of atom
- The subatomic particles can be found within atoms of all elements
What is JJ Thomson’s model called and what does it look like?
Plum Pudding Model and it looks like a chocolate chip cookie with positive and negative charges, the negative charges are the chocolate chips
What did Goldstein do?
Put the cathode in the middle of the tube instead of at the end
What did Goldstein discover?
Canal rays (positive charge rays (protons))
What did Becquerel discover?
Radioactivity
What was Becquerel’s hypothesis?
The sun made certain things radioactive
Describe Becquerel’s experiment
He put uranium salts on plates and found they turned the plates foggy showing radiation. He put them on windowsills so that they would be exposed to light (he thought that made them radioactive). On a foggy day, he put the salts in a drawer and found that they did make the plate foggy showing radiation (and how it is not related to sunlight) it was an accidental find
What are the 3 kinds of radioactive waves
Alpha, Beta, Gama
Properties of Alpha particles
1. Definition
2. Charge
3. Penetrating strength
4. Stopped by…
- Ionizing radiation with alpha particles
- Positive
- Least
- thick sheet of paper
Why did Curie name Radium that?
It is an element formed from radioactivity
Properties of Beta particles
1. Definition
2. Charge
3. Penetrating strength
4. Stopped by…
- Emitted from nucleus during radioactive decay
- Negative
- Middle
- Thin sheet of paper, aluminum
What advancement did Becquerel make?
The nucleus emits radiation, it transforms the nuclide
Properties of Gama particles
1. Definition
2. Charge
3. Penetrating strength
4. Stopped by…
- Smallest wave lengths- electromagnetic radiation
- no charge
- Most
- Lead only