stuff Flashcards
Mendeleev
created the periodic table of elements
rutherford
discovered the nucleus in gold foil experiment
dalton
first dude to prove that all matter is made of atoms and that chemical reactions were simply rearrangements.
thomson
first proposed that atoms were made up of positive and negative charges
bohr
proposed that electrons in an atom don’t exist as a cloud of negative charges, but rather occupy specific “orbits” around the nucleus with specific energies associated with them. Electrons can only absorb from one “orbit” to another, so they have to be in shells
proton, electron, and neutron size
p = 1 AMU e = almost 0 n = slightly more than 1 AMU
atomic number
number of protons in the nucleus
atomic mass
average m ass of all isotopes of the element = the one with the decimal
mass number
atomic mass rounded to the nearest whole number OR protons plus neutrons
ion charge (combining capacity)
the charge on ions of the element
neutrons
atomic mass - atomic number
quantum of energy
the difference in energy between two energy levels
orbital
describes where electrons can be found in an atom
s-subshell
sphere-shaped contains 1 orbital can contain 2 electrons lowest energy subshell exists in every shell
p-subshell
peanut-shaped
contains 3 orbitals
can contain 6 electrons
exists only in the second shell and larger shells