Unit 1 Flashcards
Describes Atoms as Tiny, Indestructible, Particles with no internal structures
Dalton
Discovered atom and continued on with his plum pudding model given his vision of electrons embedded in a sphere of positive charges.
Thompson
Rutherford
Discovers the atom has a small dense, positively charged nucleus with electrons moving around the nucleus
Problem of Rutherford model
could not explain electron movements and color change of objects when heated
Neil Bohr
electrons orbits around nucleus in circular pathway with set sizes and energy
Bohr problem
Makes poor predictions regarding larger atoms
Does not predict intensities and spectral lines
Does not explain fine structure and hyperfine structure
Energy Level
The fixed energies electrons can have
Quantum:
Amount of energy required to move electron from one energy level to another energy level
Quantum Mechanical Model
Determines the allowed energies an electron can have and how likely it is to find the electron in various locations around the nucleus
How is Mechanical model represented?
Represented as a cloud due to the volume of space sorrounding the nucleus and the probability of finding the eletrons around it
Atomic Orbitals
Region of space in which there is a high probabbility of finding an electron
SPDF(shape) and maximum electrons
S- Sphere (2 electrons)
P-Dumbbell (6 electrons)
D- Clover (10 electrons)
Electron Configuration
Electrons arranged in various orbitals around nuclei of atoms
Aufbau Principle
Electrons occupy orbitals of lowest energy
May contain at least 2 electrons with opposite spins
Pauli exclusion