T1:Atomic structure

What are all substances made of?

Atoms.

What is an atom?

An atom is the smallest part of an element that can exist.

How many different elements are there?

118.

What is an element?

An element is a substance made up of only one type of atom

What do chemical reactions always involve?

Chemical reactions always involve the formation of one or more new substances, and often involve a detectable energy change.

What is a compound?

Compounds contain two or more elements chemically combined in fixed proportions.

How are compounds formed?

Compounds can only be separated into elements by chemical reactions.

What is the only way in which compounds can be seperated?

Compounds can only be separated into elements by chemical reactions.

What is a mixture?

A mixture consists of two or more elements or compounds not chemically combined together.

Are the chemical properties of each subsatnce in a mixture unchanged?

Yes.

What are 4 physical processess by which a mixture can be seperated?

• Filtration

• Crystallisation

• Simple distillation

• Fractional distillation

• Chromatography

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What may lead to a scientific model being changed or replaced?

New experimental evidence.

What did James Dalton think about atoms before the discovery of the electron?

Atoms were thought to be tiny spheres that could not be divided

Which model did the discovery of the electron lead JJ Thompson to create?

The plum pudding model.

What did the plum pudding model suggest?

The atom is a ball of positive charge with negative electrons embedded throughout it.

What three conclusions did the results from the Alpha Scattering experiment lead to?

• Most of the mass of an atom is concentrated in the nucleus

• The nucleus has a positive charge

• Most of the atom is empty space

Which model replaced the Plum Pudding model?

The nuclear model.

How did Neil Bohr adapt the Nuclear model?

By suggesting that electrons orbit the nucleus at specific distances.

What sub-particle was discovered after later experiments?

The proton.

What did James Chadwick disocver 20 years after the nucleus became an accepted scientific idea?

The Neutron.

Plum Pudding vs Nuclear model?

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What are the relative electrical charges of the sub-particles in atoms?

Why do atoms have no overall electrical charge?

The number of electrons is equal to the number of protons in the nucleus.

What is the number of protons in an atom of an element called?

Atomic number.

What do all atoms of a particular element have which is the same?

All atoms of a particular element have the same number of protons.

What do atoms of different elements have?

Atoms of different elements have different numbers of protons.

What is the radius of an atom?

1 x 10-10 m

What is the radius of the nucleus compared to the radius of the atom?

The radius of a nucleus is less than 1/10 000 the radius of an atom.

Where is almost all of the mass of an atom concentrated?

The Nucleus.

What is the relative masses of the 3 sub-atomic particles?

What is the sum of the protons and neutrons in an atom called?

The mass number.

What is an isotope of an element?

An isotope of an element has the same number of protons and electrons but a different number of neutrons.

What does 23 and 11 represent for Sodium?

• 23:Mass number

• 11:Atomic number

What is the relative atomic mass of an element?

The relative atomic mass of an element is an average value that takes account of the abundance of the isotopes of the element.

What is the maximum number of electrons that can occupy the first,second and third shell in an atom?

2,8,8

What are the elements in the periodic table arranged in order of?

Atomic number.

Why were elements arranged in order of their atomic number?

So that elements with similair properties were in the same groups.

Why is the table called the periodic table?

Similar properties occur at regular intervals.

What doeelements in the same group have?

The same number of electrons in their outer shell.

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What are elements that react to form positive ions?

metals

What are elements that do not react to form positive ions?

Non-metals.

Where are metals and non-metals found in the periodic table?

• Metals are found to the left and towards the bottom of the periodic table.

• Non-metals are found towards the right and top of the periodic table

What are 4 properties of a metal?

• Strong

• shiny

• Malleable

• good conductors of electricity and heat

• high melting/boiling points

What are 5 properties of a non-metal?

• Brittle

• Dull-looking

• don’t coduct electricity

• lower melting/boiling points

• lower denisty

What are elements in Group 0 of the periodic table called?

The noble gases

Why are the noble gases unreactive and do not easily form molecules?

They have a full outer hsell of eelctrons which makes them stable.

The noble gases all ahve 8 electrons in their outer shell except for which element?

Helium.

Does the boiling points of the noble gases increase or decrease going down the group?

Increase.

Why does the boiling points of the noble gases increase as you go down the group?

• The boiling point increases as you go down the group

• because there is an increase in the nuber of electrons in each atom

• leading to greater intermolecular forces between them that needs to be overcome

What are the elements in group 1 of the periodic table known as?

The alkali metals.

Whhy do the alkali metals have similar properties and are very reactive?

They all have one elctron in their outer shell.

recations with chlorine,oxygen and water

Does the reactivity increase or decrease going down group 1?

Increase.

Why does the reactivity increase going down group 1?

• The reactivity increases down group 1 beacuse the