Structure and Bonding Flashcards
Physical
What is the relative charge / mass of a proton?
+1, 1
What is the relative charge/mass of a neutron?
0, 1
What is the relative charge/mass of an electron?
-1, 1/1840
Name the properties of the nucleus:
- very small
- most of the mass of the atom
- contains protons and neutrons (therefor positively charged)
What is an ion?
An ion is an atom with a different number of electrons and protons
Give examples of 1+ ions:
- Group 1 ions (Li , Na, K)
- H
- NH4
Give examples of 2+ ions:
- Group 2 ions
- Zn
Give examples of 3+ ions:
- Group 3 ions
Give examples of 1- ions:
- Group 7 ions
- OH
- NO3
- H (hydride)
- HCO3
Give examples of 2- ions:
- Group 6 ions
- SO4
- CO3
Give examples of 3- ions:
PO4
What is an isotope?
An element with the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons
History of the atom - 1803
John Dalton - atoms are spheres and each element is made up of different spheres
History of the atom - 1897
J.J Thompson - discovered the electrons (and therefore that the atom wasn’t solid and was made up of other particles.
NOTE - developed the plum -pudding model (positive pudding)
History of the atom - 1909
Ernest Rutherford - discovered the nucleus through the gold leaf experiment
- also discovered the nucleus was very small and positively charged and that most of the atom was mainly empty space and that electrons were negative clouds
What was the gold leaf experiment?
- positive alpha particles fired at thin gold leaf
- most went through the gold leaf (mainly empty space)
- some were deflected back (they hit the positive nucleus)
History of the atom - 1913
Niels Bohr- proposed that electrons were fixed in energy shells (otherwise atoms would collapse)
How did Bohr prove shells?
EM radiation was absorbed when electrons moved to higher energy shells.
It was emitted when electrons moved down to lower energy shells.
- couldn’t be explained with cloud model
History of the atom - today
We now know about sub shells
Name the four stages of mass spectrometry:
- Ionisation
- Acceleration
- Deflection
- Detection