Topic 1: Atomic Structure And The Periodic Table Flashcards
What is the chemical symbol of Sodium?
Na
What is a compound?
Two or more elements chemically combined in fixed proportions.
What does a chemical reaction ALWAYS involve?
The formation of one or more substances
What do chemical reactions OFTEN involve?
An energy change
True or false: Compounds can only be separated into elements via chemical reactions.
True
What is a mixture?
2 or more elements or compounds which are NOT chemically combined
Name 5 different ways mixtures can be separated.
Filtration
Crystallisation
Simple Distillation
Fractional Distillation
Chromatography
What sort of processes can mixtures be separated by?
Physical processes
What was the first development in atom theory?
That atoms were tiny spheres that CANNOT be divided
What theory was behind the Plum Pudding Model?
That the atom is a ball of positive change embedded with negative electrons
What was concluded in the Alpha Particle Scattering Experiment?
That an atom’s mass is concentrated at the centre (in the nucleus) and that the nucleus is charged
What happened in the Alpha Particle Scattering Experiment?
A beam of alpha particles were aimed at a piece of thin gold foil and their passage through was detected and observed
Some of the alpha particles emerged from the foil at different angles, and some came straight back
Positively charged alpha particles were repelled and deflected by a small concentration of positively charge in the atom’s nucleus
What was Neil Bohr’s theory?
Electrons orbit the nucleus at specific distances (Bohr’s theory has supporting data)
What was found in later atom model experiments?
Positive charge of any nucleus could be subdivided into smaller particles, which have equal amounts of positive charge (protons)
What did James Chadwick’s work do?
Provided evidence to show the existence of neutrons within the Nucleus
What is an atomic number?
The number of protons in an atom of an element
All atoms of a particular element have the ___________ number of protons
Same
All atoms of different elements have ___________ numbers of protons.
Different
What is the relative charge of a proton?
+1
What is the relative charge of a neutron?
0
What is the relative charge of an electron?
-1
What is an atoms overall charge?
0
What is the number of protons equal to?
Number of protons = Number of electrons