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A Level Chemistry > Module 2: Chapter 2 - Atoms, Ions, and Compounds > Flashcards

Module 2: Chapter 2 - Atoms, Ions, and Compounds Flashcards

1
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What is the relative charge of a proton?

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+1

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2
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What is the relative charge of an electron?

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-1

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3
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What is the relative charge of a neutron?

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0

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4
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What is the relative mass of a proton?

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1

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5
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What is the relative mass of an electron?

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1/1836

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6
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What is the relative mass of a neutron?

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1

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7
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What is the atomic number?

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The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom

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8
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What is the mass number?

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The sum of the protons and the neutrons in the nucleus of an atom

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9
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Why is an atom neutral?

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Because the number of protons is equal to the number of electrons

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10
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What are isotopes?

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Isotopes are atoms of the same element and therefore contain the same number of protons but contain a different number of neutrons and therefore have different mass numbers

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11
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What are ions?

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Charged particles formed when atoms gain or lose electrons to gain stability

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12
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What is relative isotopic mass?

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The mass of an atom compared (relative) with 1/12th the mass of carbon-12

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13
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What is relative atomic mass, Ar?

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The weighted mean average mass of an atom of an element compared with 1/12th the mass of an atom of carbon-12

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14
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What is a mass spectrometer?

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An analytical piece of equipment used to find relative abundances of isotopes in a sample of an element

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15
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Explain how mass spectroscopy works

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The sample enters the spectrometer and is vaporised. An electron beam is fired at the sample to knock out an electron from each atom, ionising the sample to form 1+ positive ions. The ions are accelerated by an electric field towards a negatively charged plate. The ions are allowed to drift through the flight tube through a magnetic field which separates the isotopes according to mass (lighter ions are accelerated and deflected the most). They are detected when the ions arrive at the detector. This feeds a signal into a computer which produces a graph of the relative abundance of ions against the mass to charge ratio

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16
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What is the graph produced by a mass spectrometer called?

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Mass spectrum/spectra

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17
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Describe a mass spectrum

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It has relative abundance % on the y axis and the mass to charge ratio on the x axis

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18
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35 = ³⁵Cl⁺
37 = ³⁷Cl⁺
70 = (³⁵Cl-³⁵Cl)⁺
72 = (³⁵Cl-³⁷Cl)⁺
74 = (³⁷Cl-³⁷Cl)⁺

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19
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What is the international standard for the measurement of relative mass?

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1/12th the mass of an atom of carbon-12

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20
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What is the unit of atomic mass?

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Unified atomic mass unit, amu

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21
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What is the role of neutrons?

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Neutrons help to keep a nucleus stable by moderating the repulsive forces between the protons in the nucleus

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22
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What is the symbol for mass number?

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A

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23
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What is the symbol for atomic number?

24
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What is the mass of carbon-12?

25
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What ion will have the shortest time of flight and reach the detector first is mass specroscopy?

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The ion with least mass as it is the lightest and will therefore travel the fastest through the flight tube

26
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For an ion with a 1+ charge, what is the m/z (mass-to-charge) ratio equivalent to?

A

The relative isotopic mass of the ion

27
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How do metals form ions?

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Lose electrons to form cations (positive ions)

28
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how do non-metals form ions?

A

Gain electrons to form anions (negative ions)

29
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What charge ions do transition metals form?

A

Transition metals can form several ions with different charges

30
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What is a binary compound?

A

A compound which contains 2 elements only

31
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How do you name a binary compound?

A

Use the name of the first element but change the ending of the second element’s name to -ide (i.e sodium oxide)

32
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What comes first when naming an ionic compound?

A

A metal is always named before the non-metal

33
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What is the formula of a zinc ion?

34
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What is the formula of a silver ion?

35
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What is a polyatomic ion?

A

An ion which contains atoms of more than 1 element bonded together

36
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What is the molecular formula of an ammonium ion?

37
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What is the molecular formula of a hydroxide ion?

38
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What is the molecular formula of a nitrate ion?

39
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What is the molecular formula of a nitrite ion?

40
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What is the molecular formula of a hydrogencarbonate ion?

41
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What is the molecular formula of a manganate(VII) (Permanganate) ion?

42
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What is the molecular formula of a carbonate ion?

A

CO₃²⁻

43
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What is the molecular formula of a sulfate ion?

A

SO₄²⁻

44
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What is the molecular formula of a sulfite ion?

A

SO₃²⁻

45
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What is the molecular formula of a dichromate(VI) ion?

A

Cr₂O₇²⁻

46
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What is the molecular formula of a phosphate ion?

A

PO₄³⁻

47
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What is the rule for writing formula from ions?

A

The overall charge is 0, therefore the sum of the positive charges = sum of the negative charges

48
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How do you show in a formula if there is more than 1 of a specific ion?

A

A subscript after the ion indicates the number of a specific ion, and brackets are used around a polyatomic ion if there is more than 1

49
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What are diatomic molecules?

A

Molecules containing only 2 atoms

50
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What are the 7 diatomic elements?

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  • Hydrogen
  • Nitrogen
  • Oxygen
  • Fluorine
  • Chlorine
  • Bromine
  • Iodine
51
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What is the formula of phosphorus?

52
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What is the formula of sulfur?

A

S₈ (but it is normal practise to write it as S in equations otherwise everything else must be multiplied by 8)

53
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What is the formula unit?

A

The empirical formula of any ionic or giant covalent compound (it is used in equations)

54
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What are state symbols?

A

Small symbols used to indicate a physical state

55
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What are the 4 state symbols?

A

(s) - solid
(l) - liquid
(g) - gas
(aq) - aqueous solution

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