matter
anything that has mass and takes up space (volume)
atom
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
ion
a particle that is electrically charged; an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons
cation
a positively charged ion
molecule
a group of two or more atoms held together by attractive forces known as chemical bonds
valence electron
an electron in the outer shell of an atom which can combine with other atoms to form molecules
chemical property
a property used to characterize materials in reactions that change their identity
physical property
any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions
chemical change
happens when one chemical substance is transformed into one or more different substances
physical change
type of change in which the form of matter is altered but one substance is not transformed into another
anion
a negatively charged ion
electronegativity
the tendency of an atom or radical to attract electrons in the formation of an ionic bond
ionization energy
the amount of energy required to remove an electron from an isolated atom or molecule
pure substance
a material that has a constant composition (is homogeneous) and has consistent properties
homogeneous mixture
a mixture in which the composition is uniform throughout the mixture
heterogeneous mixture
a mixture in which the composition is not uniform throughout the mixture
solution
a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently a liquid solution
alkaline earth metal
any of the bivalent metals of group II of the periodic table
octet
the eight-electron arrangement in the outer electron shell of the noble-gas atoms
octet rule
the tendency of atoms to prefer to have eight electrons in the valence shell
isoelectronic
having the same numbers of electrons
metals
good conductors of heat + electricity, malleable, ductile, solids at room temperature, shiny appearance
non-metals
poor conductors of heat + electricity, brittle, dull in appearance, solids + gases at room temperature
metalloids
show characteristics of metals and non-metals, shiny but brittle, used in semi-conductor industry
coulombic attraction
the force of attraction between positive and negative charges
effective nuclear charge
the nuclear (+) charge experienced by the valence electrons
shielding effect
the presence of electrons in the inner shells reduces the hold of the nucleus on the outer (valence) electrons
noble gas
any of the chemically inert gaseous elements of the helium group in the periodic table ( non reactive + stable)
accuracy
the average of the readings is close to the actual value
precision
the values are close to each other (consisten)
atomic number
the order of an element in Mendeleyev's table of the elements; equal to the number of protons in the nucleus or electrons in the neutral state of an atom of an element
pauli exclusion principle
(1) no more than two electrons can occupy the same orbital and (2) two electrons in the same orbital must have opposite spins
Hund's rule
every orbital in a subshell is singly occupied with one electron before any one orbital is doubly occupied, and all electrons in singly occupied orbitals have the same spin
Aufbau Principle
electrons fill lower-energy atomic orbitals before filling higher-energy ones
excited state
electron temporarily occupies an energy state greater than its ground state
ground state
the state of lowest energy for that electron
visible spectrum
violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red (high-low freq)
periodic law
the principle that chemical properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers
atomic radii
the total distance from an atom's nucleus to the outermost orbital of electron
ionic radii
the distance between the nucleus of an ion and the outermost shell of the ion
akali metals
soft, shiny, very reactive, 1 valence electron
halogen
six nonmetallic elements that constitute Group 17
chemical bond
an electrical force linking atoms
ionic bond
a chemical bond in which one atom loses an electron to form a positive ion and the other atom gains an electron to form a negative ion
mole
amount of substance
polyatomic ion
ions which consist of more than one atom
ionic compounds
compounds composed of ions
solute
the dissolved matter in a solution; the component of a solution that changes its state
alloy
substance that combines more than one metal or mixes a metal with other non-metallic elements
solvent
a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances
density
d = m/v
wave equation
c = λv
energy equation
E = hv
Average Atomic Mass
MP+MP+MP... / 100
isotope
one of two or more atoms with the same atomic number but with different numbers of neutrons