UNIT 5 Flashcards
- swedish scientist who introduced the modern system of chemical symbols
- represented the elements using one or two letters from their Latin names.
Jöns Jakob Berzelius
- shorthand ways to represent elements in chemistry.
- an element cannot be broken down into simpler substances.
chemical symbols
Importance of Chemical Symbols
- provide standardised ways of representing elements, making communicating information about elements and compounds easier.
- offer a concise and simple way to represent elements in chemical equations, eliminating the need to spell each element’s name.
- Derived from the Greek ‘hydro’ and ‘genes’, which means water forming
- Most abundant element in the universe
Hydrogen
- Name comes from the Greek ‘oxy’ and ‘genes’, which means acid forming
- Essential for life
Oxygen
- Derived from the Latin ‘carbo’, meaning charcoal
- Found in all known life forms
Carbon
- Comes from the Greek ‘nitron’ and ‘genes’, meaning nitre forming
- Constitutes about 78% of Earth’s atmosphere
Nitrogen
- Derived from the Latin ‘natrium’
- Soft metal that easily tarnishes when exposed to air
Sodium
- Name derived from the Greek ‘chloros’, which means greenish yellow
- Widely used in disinfectants and cleaning products
Chlorine
often named based on their characteristics, the substances they were extracted from, how they were found, mythological beings, locations or notable individuals.
elements
There are _____ chemical elements listed in the periodic table in a specific order.
Rules on how to name new elements in the periodic table are set up by the __________________.
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International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).
- responsible for establishing unambiguous and consistent naming systems (also known as ___________) and terminology.
- It has a system for naming chemical compounds that provides a standard language for scientists worldwide.
nomenclature
IUPAC
____________: substance containing two or more elements that are chemically bonded.
____________: an expression showing the elements in a compound and their relative proportions. It contains a combination of chemical symbols and numbers.
- compound
- chemical formula
___________: composed of a metal and non-metal
RULES:
1. A metal will always come first in a chemical formula, followed by a non-metal.
* sodium chloride (NaCl)
- An ionic compound with two elements will have a name that ends with -ide.
* copper sulfide (CuS) - A compound with three elements, including oxygen, will have a name that ends with - ate
or -ite.
* sodium sulphate (NaSO₄)
ionic compound
NaCl
CuS
NaSO₄
__________: has two or more non-metals.
RULES:
1. The non-metal furthest to the left on the periodic table comes first.
* carbon dioxide (CO₂)
- A covalent compound with two elements will have a name that ends with -ide.
* sulfur dioxide (SO₂) - Use the prefixes (mono-, di-, tri-, tetra-) to indicate the number of that element in the molecule.
* carbon tetrachloride (CCl₄)
covalent compounds
CO₂
SO₂
CCl₄
H2O
NH3
CH4
water
ammonia
methane
- potassium bromide
- lithium iodide
- carbon monoxide
- sulfuric acid
- potassium nitrate
- KBr
- LiI
- CO
- H2SO4
- KN3
Latin Name
- Potassium
- Sodium
- Silver
- Gold
- Iron
- Lead
- Kalium (K)
- Natrium (Na)
- Argentum (Ag)
- Aurum (Au)
- Ferrum (Fe)
- Plumbum (Pb)
- Mercury
- Tungsten
- Tin
- Copper
- Antimony
- Hydrargyrum (Hg)
- Wolfranium (W)
- Stannum (Sn)
- Cuprum (Cu)
- Stibium (Sb)
Contain an element with more than one oxidation state
multivalent compounds