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Atom
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the basic structural unit of an element
The smallest unit of an element that retains the chemical properties of that element
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Atoms consist of three primary particles
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electrons
protons
neutrons
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Nucleus
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small, dense positively charged region in the center of the atom
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Electrons
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negatively charged particles located outside of the nucleus of an atom
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have charges that are equal in magnitude but opposite in sign
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protons and electrons
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Neutral Atom
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has no electrical charge has the same number of protons and electrons
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Atomic Number
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the number of protons in the atom
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Mass Number
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sum of the number of protons and neutrons
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Isotopes
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atoms of the same element having different masses
contain same number of protons
contain different numbers of neutrons
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Isotopes of the same element have
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identical chemical properties
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The atomic mass
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the weighted average of the masses of all the isotopes that make up chlorine
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Weighted Average
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an average corrected by the relative amounts of each isotope present in nature
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Dalton's Atomic Theory
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the first experimentally based theory of atomic structure of the atom.
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Electrons were the __________ subatomic particles to be discovered
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First
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___________were the next particle to be discovered, by Goldstein
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Protons
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not demonstrated to exist until 1932
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Neutrons
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not demonstrated to exist until 1932
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Neutrons
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It was initially assumed that protons and neutrons were
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evenly distributed throughout atom
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Rutherford's Gold Foil Experiment demonstrated...
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Most of the atom is empty space
The majority of the mass is located in a small, dense region
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Rutherford's Atom
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tiny, dense, positively charged nucleus of protons surrounded by electrons
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Spectroscopy
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absorption or emission of light by atoms.
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Bohr Theory
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Atoms can absorb and emit energy via promotion of electrons to higher energy levels and relaxation to lower levels
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Quantization of energy
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Electrons exist in fixed energy levels surrounding the nucleus
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Excited State
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Promotion of electron occurs as it absorbs energy
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Relaxation
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Energy is released as the electron travels back to lower levels
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Orbit
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what Bohr called the fixed energy levels
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Ground state
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the lowest possible energy state
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Atoms absorb energy
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by excitation of electrons to higher energy levels
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Atoms release energy
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by relaxation of electrons to lower energy levels
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Atomic Orbitals
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regions in space with a high probability of finding an electron
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Periodic Law
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the physical and chemical properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers.
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horizontal row of elements in periodic table
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period
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also called families are columns of elements in the periodic table.
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group
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elements that tend to lose electrons during chemical change, forming positive ions.
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metals
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a substance whose atoms tend to gain electrons during chemical change, forming negative ions.
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non metals
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have properties intermediate between metals and nonmetals.
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metalloids
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describes the arrangement of electrons in atoms
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electron configuration
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Valence
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outermost electrons
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Schrodengers Equations
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Equations that determine the probability of finding an electron in specific region in space, quantum mechanics
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The electron capacity of a principal energy level
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2(n)2
n = 1 can hold 2(1)2 = 2 electrons
n = 2 can hold 2(2)2 = 8 electrons
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Sublevel
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a set of energy-equal orbitals within a principal
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Sublevels increase in energy
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s < p < d < f
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Orbital
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a specific region of a sublevel containing a maximum of two electrons
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Aufbau
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or building up principle helps determine the electron configuration
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Pauli Exclusion Principle
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each orbital can hold up to two electrons with their spins in opposite directions.
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Hund's Rule
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each orbital in a subshell is half-filled (with one electron) and prior to filling the orbitals (with two electrons.)
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Octet Rule
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elements usually react in such a way as to attain the electron configuration of the noble gas closest to them in the periodic table
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electrically charged particles that result from a gain or loss of one or more electrons by the parent atom
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ion
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positively charged
result from the loss of electrons
23Na ? 23Na+ + 1e-
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cation
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negatively charged
results from the gain of electrons
19F + 1 e- ? 19F-
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anion
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tend to form positively charged ions called cations
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Metals
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Size of element decreases
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moving down from top to bottom of a group
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smaller than their parent atom
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cation
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anions
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larger than their parent atom.
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Ionization energy
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The energy required to remove an electron
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Electron Affinity
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energy released when a single electron is added to an isolated atom
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