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Inorganic Chemistry Flashcards

1
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Postulated that all matter is made up of atoms

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Democritus

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2
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Atomic Theory
I. Each atom is made up of atoms
II. Atoms of a given element are identical
III. Compounds are formed when atoms combine with each other
IV. Chemical reactions involve reorganization of tha atoms

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John Dalton

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3
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Discovered that the properties of elements were periodic functions of their atomic weights

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Dmitri Mendeleev

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4
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Proposed the Theory of Electromagnetism

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James Clerk Maxwell

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5
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Proposed that the electricity was made of electrons

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George Stoney

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6
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Made experiments with cathode ray tubes demonstrating that cathode rays have a negative charge

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Sir William Crooke

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7
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Used cathode ray tubes to study canal rays

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Eugene Goldstein

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8
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Discovered X-rays

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Wilhelm Roentgen

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9
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Radioactivity in Uranium

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Henri Bequerel

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10
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Used cathode ray tubes to determine the charge to mass ratio of an electron

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Sir Joseph John Thomson

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11
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Discovered Alpha, Beta and Gamma Rays in radiation

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Ernest Rutherford

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12
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They discovered the radioactive elements Polonium and Radium

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Pierre and Marie Curie

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13
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Proposed the idea od quantization to explain how hot, glowing object emitted light

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Max Planck

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14
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Discovered that there appeared to be more than one element at each position on the periodic table

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Frederick Soddy

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15
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Coined the term Isotope

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Margaret Todd

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16
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Found that noble gases have stable electron configuration

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Richard Abegg

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17
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Created theories of relativity abd hypothesized about the particle nature of light

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Albert Einstein

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18
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Invented a device that could detect alpha particles

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Hans Geiger

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19
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Determined the charge of an electron through his oil drop experiment

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Robert Millikan

20
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Established that the nucleus was very dense, very small and positively charged

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Ernest Rutherford

21
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Discovered that the number of protons in an element determines its atomic number

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Henry Moseley

22
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Developed the Bohr atomic model, with electrons travelling in orbits around the nucleus

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Niels Bohr

23
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Proposed that electrons have a wave-particle duality

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Louis de Broglie

24
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Developed the Schrödinger equation which describes how the quantum state of a system changes with time

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Erwin Schrödinger

25
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All matter is composed of atoms

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Dalton’s Billiard Ball Model

26
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The atom is made up of negative electrons that float in a sphere of positive charge

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Thomson’s Plum Pudding Model

27
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Result of the well-known gold foil experiment. The atom has a tiny, heavy nucleus.

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Rutherford’s Nuclear Model

28
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Atoms as small, positively charged nuclei surrounded by electrons in circular orbits.

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Bohr’s Planetary Model

29
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Number of protons in the nucleus

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Atomic Number (Z)

30
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Sum of the number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus.

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Mass Number (A)

31
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Same element, differ in the number of neutrons.

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Isotopes

32
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Same number of neutrons

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Isotones

33
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Same Mass Number

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Isobar

34
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Same number of electrons

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Isoelectronic

35
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Energy required to remove an electron from a gaseous atom in its ground state

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Ionization Energy

36
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Energy change associated with the addition of an electron

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Electron Affinity

37
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Tendency of an atom or a functional group to attract electrons

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Electronegativity

38
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proposed the Law of Triads

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Johann Dobereiner

39
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Proposed the Law of Octaves. Every eight element shares similar properties.

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John Newlands

40
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Recognized the periodic behavior among elements.

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Lothar Meyer

41
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Formulated the Periodic Law

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Dmitri Mendeleev

42
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Completely consumed in the reaction and determines the amount of product that can be formed.

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Limiting Reactant

43
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Not completely used up in the reaction

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Excess Reactant

44
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Ratio of actual and theoretical yield

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Percentage Yield

45
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1 Lyman Series
2 Balmer
3 Paschen
4 Brackett
5 Pfund
6 Humphreys
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Energy Levels

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