Periodic Trends Flashcards
___________ discovered that each element has a unique atomic number (z)
Moseley
Electronegativity increases
Up and to the righteous
Size increases
Down and to the left
Effective nuclear charge (Zeff)
The attraction between a nucleus and the valance electrons.
The nucleus is shielded from the valance elections by the
Inner electrons (s)
Effective nuclear charge =
Atomic number - inner electrons
Effective nuclear charge increases
From left to right
Cations are always smaller than their parent atom because
Cations lose electrons and therefore lose an energy level
Why are anions always larger than its parent atom
Because repulsion between electrons become greater when outer shell is completed, therefore making it swell and become bigger
Ionization energy
Energy required to remove an electron from an atom in the gas phase
Electronegativity
A measure of an atoms attraction to an electron
Electron affinity
The energy released when an atom gains an electron in the gas phase to form a negative ion
Ionization energy equation
X -> x+ + e-
Electron affinity equation
X+e- = x-
Bonding atomic radious is equal to
Half the distance between two bonded nuclei