The periodic table Module 3 Flashcards
What does the period tell you?
Amount of electron shells
What does the group tell you?
Number of electrons in outer shell
What is the first ionisation energy?
Energy required to remove 1 mole of electrons from 1 mole of a gaseous species
Eg. O(g) = O+(g) + e-
Factors affecting the ionisation energy?
Nuclear charge- the more protons in the nucleus, the more positively charged it is, the stronger the attraction for the nucleus
Atomic radius- Bigger the radius, the bigger the distance, the less the attraction
Electron sheilding- The more sheilding, the weaker the attraction
What does a high ionisation energy mean?
Strong attraction between the electron and the nucleus, so more energy required to overcome these forces and remove the electron
Why does ionisation energy decrease as you go down the group?
More electron shielding
Larger atomic radius
Why as you go across a period the ionisation energies increase?
The amount of protons is increasing, so nuclear charge is becoming stronger and the amount of shells isn’t increasing
However there are 2 exceptions in the rule that ionisation energy increases along a period between group 2 to 3 and group 5 to 6 explain why?
The outer electrons in group 3 elements is a p orbital, rather than an S orbital, which means it’s further away from the nucleus, and has additional shielding from s orbital, theses factors overide the increased nuclear charge
In the group 5 elements, the electron is being removed from a singly-occupied orbital, in group 6 being removed from orbital containing 2 electrons. The repulsion means between 2 electrons in a orbital makes it easy to remove from shared orbitals
What’s the second ionisation of oxygen?
O+(g) = O(2+)(g) + e-
How can successive ionisations show shell structure?
Look at where there are big jumps to identify when a new shell is broken into to
Give 3 examples of giant covalent lattices?
Diamond
Graphite
Graphene
Why is diamond so hard?
Each carbon atom is covalently bonded to 4 other carbon atoms, in a tetrahedral shape
What do it mean for the properties of diamond due to it’s strong covalent bonds?
Very high melting point
Very hard
Vinrations easily travel though it, making it a good thermal conductor
Can’t conduct electricity, all outer electrons held in localised bonds
Won’t dissolve in any solvent
What’s graphites structure?
The carbon atoms are arranged in sheets of flat hexagons, covalently bonded with 3 bonds each
The 4th outer electron of each carbon is delocaslied between the sheets of electrons
Sheets of hexagons bonded together by weak induced dipole-dipole interactions
Explain the features of graphite?
Weak forces between layers, so can easily slide over each other making it a good lubricant
The delocalised electrons can carry charge, so it can conduct electricity
Insoluble and very high melting point due to strong covalent bonds
What is graphene and it’s features?
It’s just one sheet of hexagons on carbons making 3 covalent bonds, with delocalised electrons all around it
Very good conductor due to delocalsied electrons not having to go through layers
Delocaslied electrons also strengthen the covalent bonds making it even stronger
Explain the structure of giant metallic lattice structures?
The electrons in outermost shell of a metal atom are delocalised the electrons are free to move about the metal, leaving a positively charged metal cation
Metal cations are electrostatically atrracted to the delocalsied negative electrons. So they form a lattice of closely packed cations in a sea of delocaslied electrons- this is metallic bonding
How dooes metallic bonding explain features of metals?
Number of delocaslied electrons affects melting point, the more there are the stronger the bonding will be, group 1 metals will only release 1 electron per atom whereas group 2 metals will release 2 per atom
Malleable and ductile because there’s no bonds holding specific ions together so can slide over each other
Good electrical conductors because delocaslised electrons can carry charge
Structure of simple molecular structures?
Very strong covalent bonds, however very weak molecular forces due to weak induced dipole-dipole interactions
So very low melting and boiling points
Why does reactivity increase as you go down group 2?
The ionisation energies decrease due to increased atomic radius and the shielding effect, so electrons lost more easily making it more reactive
What do group 2 metals produce when reacted with water?
Metal hydroxide and hydrogen
What are the oxides and hydroxides of group 2 metals?
Bases, most of them are also soluble in water so also alkalis
As you go down the group the oxides form more strongly alkaline solutions as the OH groups are more soluble
What are group 2 compounds used for?
The alkaline earth metals are used to nuetralise acidity
Agriculture, digestion pills
Colour and state at room temp of fluorine?
pale yellow
gas