Periodic Table/trends Flashcards
Henry Moseley
Was 1st to arrange elements in a table format by atomic NUMBER
Dimitri Mendeleev
Produced 1st periodic table
- arranged elements according to atomic MASSES
- his table had empty spaces for elements yet to be discovered
Periodic law
When elements are arranged by atomic number, similar properties will exist in every 8 or so elements
Rows are called
Periods
Columns are called
Families or groups
Alkali metals
- 1st column/group
- reactive with water and air
- generally a 1+ charge
- soft metals (can cut with a butter knife)
- forms basic solutions
Alkaline earth metals
- 2nd column/group
- not as reactive as Alkali metals
- generally 2+ charge
- also somewhat soft metals
- forms basic solutions
Halogens
- 2nd last column/group
- very reactive non-metals
- generally a -1 charge
- F (g) Cl (g) Br (l) I (s) At (s) diff. phases
- forms acidic solution
Noble gases
- generally non-reactive (inert) gases
(some exceptions) - full outer shell
Transition metals
- d block
- metals in this group have MANY different charges
- results in colored solution
- tend to form metal complexes w/ certain ligands (attachments)
Metallic properties
Shiny, luste, malleable, ductile, conductive ect.
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Metal——————
Atomic size (radii)
- going down a column INCREASES atomic size. (orbitals get larger)
- going across from Left to Right, atomic size DECREASES
- if # protons increases it leads to a greater nuclear charge; can attract electrons closer in
Ion size (compared to neutral atoms)
- anions (-) will be LARGER than their neutral atom
- more e. w/ same # protons; smaller pull per e. - cations (+) will be SMALLER than their neutral atom
- fewer e. w/ same # protons; greater pull per e.
Ionization energy (IE)
- energy required to remove an outermost e. from a atom
- 1st IE -> energy required to remove first outermost e.- 2nd IE -> energy required to remove second outermost e.
DECREASES going down
- because e. are farther away from nucleus
INCREASES left to right
- because of greater nuclear charge (larger pull)
Electronegativity
- the ability of a nucleus to attract electrons towards its self WITHIN A BOND
DECREASES going down
- outermost e. is further away - > Shielding effect
INCREASES going left to right
- more protons; greater nuclear pull
Shielding effect
Inner e. will “shield” away some of the nuclear pull towards outer e.
Remember:
SIZE OVERPOWERS, # protons in the nucleus
- look at size first
Look up/down before left/right
These are trends - many exceptions exist
Lanthanides/Actinides
Radioactive
Radioactive elements
Lanthanides
Actinides
Types of chemical bonding
Ionic, covalent, polar covalent
Ionic bonds
Results from the electrostatic attraction between cations and anions
Mechanism of ionic bonds
1) an atom (usually a metal) transfers electron(s) to another atom (usually a non metal)
2) the atom that lost e. becomes + charged (cation) while the atom that gained e. becomes - charged (anion)
3) the cation will be attracted to the anion through electrostatic attraction (opposite charges attract)
Covalent and polar covalent similarities
Arise from a sharing of e.
Covalent and polar covalent defferences
Pure covalent
- equal sharing of the bonding pair of e.
- similar Electronegativity values
Polar covalent
- unequal sharing of the bonding pair e.
- sig. Different Electronegativity values between atoms