Inorganic Chemistry Flashcards
Atom
Basic building blocks of all matter/smallest possible particle of an ELEMENT not life
Matter
Anything that occupies space/has mass (elements, compounds, and mixtures)
Proton
Subatomic particle with a positive charge➕, located in nucleus, 1amu
Neutron
Subatomic particle with a neutral charge, located in nucleus, 1amu
Electron
Subatomic particle with a negative charge➖, orbits around nucleus, basically no mass
Atomic number
Number of PROTONS (only=electrons in a non ion)
Atomic Mass
Mass of Protons+Neutrons in nucleus (round to nearest whole #)
Number of electrons in each energy level/cloud
1st=2
2nd=8
3rd=18
How do you tell the number of valence electrons?
Periodic table: 1v, 2 (skip transition metals) 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (noble gas)
Molecule
Two or more atoms held together by COVALENT bonds/type of compound/nonmetal+nonmetal/no salts
Element
A group of identical atoms
Compound
Two or more different elements in a fixed ratio (covalent or ionic)
Protein
25%
Organic
Salts
1%
Inorganic
Fats/carbs/lipids
7%
Organic
Water
67%
Inorganic
What elements make up organic matter?
Carbon (C) and Hydrogen (H) (nitrogen is also important)
Isotope
Same number of protons, different number of nuetrons
Ionic bond
TRANSFER metal (lose) and nonmetal (gain) to become a salt/crystal (becomes atoms with opposite charges that are attracted to each other and easier to break than covalent)
Oxidation
A metal atom that loses electrons (LEO says GER)
Reduction
A nonmetal atom that gains electrons (LEO says GER)
Covalent bond
SHARE nonmetal+nonmetal/molecules/shown with line which represents a pair of 2 electrons/harder to break than an ionic bond
The # of covalent bonds an atom can form is the..
of valence electrons needed to fill outer shell (H can form 1, O can form 2, etc) maximum 3 bonds between 2 elements but can form bonds with other elements if it needs more
Polar covalent bond
Atoms that do not exert the same pull on shared electrons/The stronger atom ends up with a slight negative charge (more electrons on that side)