Jotter 1 Flashcards
What are halogens, where are they found in the periodic table and how does their reactivity decrease?
They are very reactive group 7 non-metals whose reactivity decreases going down the group.
What do alkali metals do to water?
Make the water alkaline.
What are atoms made up of?
Atoms are made up of a proton and a neutron which make up the nucleus and electrons which orbit the nucleus creating a shell.
What does the number of protons never do?
It never changes when looking at chemical change.
What is the group?
The group is the amount of electrons that the elements have in the outer layer.
As metals don’t have a group how are they written down in formulas?
A metal will always be given a valency in the formula.
What are the diatomic elements?
Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Bromine, Iodine, Chlorine, Fluorine.
What is the atomic size of an element?
The atomic size is the diameter/size of the atom.
How does the atomic size decrease?
Atomic size decreases due to an increase in nuclear charge on the same number of electron shells.
How does atomic size increase?
Atomic size increases due to an increased number of outer electron shells.
What is the first ionisation energy?
The first ionisation energy is the energy that is required to remove a mole of electrons from a mole of gaseous atoms.
What is an endothermic process?
An endothermic process is one that takes in energy from it surroundings.
What kind of chemical process is the first ionisation a part of?
The endothermic process.
What is the second ionisation energy?
The second ionisation energy is the energy that is required to remove one more ion from an element after it already underwent ionisation.
How in the period does the atomic size change?
Atomic size decreases going across the period.
Why does the first ionisation energy increase?
Due to a decrease in atomic size and an increase in nuclear charge.
Why is it harder to remove an electron that is close to the nucleus?
It is closer meaning there is more attraction.
What is the shielding/screening effect of inner electrons?
It is the decrease in attraction between an electron and the nucleus in any atom.
Why does the first ionisation energy decrease?
It decreases due to the shielding effect of inner electrons and an increase in atomic size.
What is the electronegativity?
Electronegativity is the ability of an atom to attract electrons in the bond towards itself.
Why does electronegativity increase?
Due to an increase in nuclear charge and a decrease in atomic size.
Why does electronegativity decrease?
Electronegativity decreases due to the increasing atomic size and the shielding effect of inner electrons.
What is nuclear charge?
Nuclear charge is the total charge of all protons in the nucleus.
What elements have a covalent network bonding?
Potassium, Calcium, Aluminium, Magnesium, Sodium, Beryllium, Lithium, Boron, Carbon, Silicon
What elements have a Covalent Small Molecule bonding?
Phosphorus, Sulphur
What elements have a Covalent Diatomic bonding?
Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Fluorine, Iodine, Chlorine
What elements have a Monatomic bonding?
Helium, Neon, Argon
Why do metals conduct electricity?
This is because the electrons within the metal are free to move meaning metals can conduct electricity when solid or liquid.
Why do solid metals have high melting and boiling points?
This is due to the closely packed lattice structure that contains a lot of bonds that would need to be broken.
How do the metallic bonds become stronger?
The more electrons in the outer shell the stronger the metallic bond strength which means that the strength would be increasing across the period due to the increased number of outer shells.
Why would metallic bonding decrease?
The strength would decrease down group 1 due to the outer electrons being further from the nuclear charge.
Describe the force of attraction in metallic bonding.
It is the electrostatic force of attraction between a ‘sea’ of negatively charged electrons and positively charged metal ions.
What is the sea of electrons called in metallic bonding?
Delocalised.
What other things except diatomic metals have covalent molecular bonding?
Fullerenes (different forms of carbon)