Friday, November 12, 2010

The Atom


I. History(important people and a general idea of what the discovered)
               A. 460 BC
                        ~Democritis Develops the IDEA of atoms
               B. 1808
                         ~John Dalton came up with the idea that ALL matter is made up of atoms(spheres with perfect elasticity)
               C. 1898 and 1804
                         ~J.J. Thompson found that there’s a negative(-) particle called an Electron(e-) ~scattered around a sphere there’s a positive(+) for every (-)
               D. 1910
                        ~Earnest Rutherford came up with the experiment to fire Helium Nuclei at Gold foil (only 1 in 10, actually hit and stuck the rest either passed through or bounced off). This suggested the nucleus was in the middle and full of (+) particles
               E. 1913
                        ~Niels Bohr said that (e-) were in orbits around the nucleus that held Protons(p+) and Neutrons(-n+)
II. Helium Atom
               A. green- Neutrons, Red- Protons, yellow- Electrons, Ring Holding Electrons- Shell
III. Atomic Structure
               A. GUIDELINES FOR AN ATOM
                         ~Number of (e-) MUST match number of (p+) [Atomic number represents the number of (p+)/(e-)]
                        ~Shell 1- maximum of 2 (e-), Shell 2- maximum of 8 (e-), Shell 3- maximum of 8 (e-)
               B. There are 2 ways to represent the structure of an element or compound
                       ~Electron Configuration
                       ~Dot and Cross Diagram
                            Particle              Charge    Mass    Location
                              Neutron (-n+) N/A              N/A       Nucleus
                              Proton (p+) Positive (+)   1               Nucleus
                             Electron (e-)       Negative (-)   1               Shell


IV. Dot and Cross Diagram
               A. Dot’s and Crosses represents (e-) and circles represent Shells
V. Electron Configuration
               A. Represented Numerically by the number of electrons in their shells
               B. EXAMPLE:
                        ~7-N- 2,5 ~17-Cl- 2,8,7
                        ~20-Ca- 2,8,8,2 ~14-Si- 2,8,4
                        ~11-Na- 2,8,1 ~5-B- 2,3
                        ~8-O- 2,6

VI. All atomic masses are decimals. They are an average number based upon the relative abundance of their ISOTOPES

VII. An Isotope is the same element but has a different number of neutrons = a different atomic mass.
A.  EXAMPLE  Nitrogen-7-14 P-7  99.6% Nitrogen-7-15 P-7  0.37%
                                                      E-7                         E-7
                                                      N-7                   N-8

99.63/100= .9963 0.37/100= .0037
        14(.9963)+15(.0037)=
        13.9482+0.0555=
             =14.0037


Periodic Table Of Elements

*Lanthanide Series and Actinide Series fit between Lanthanum(La) and Hafnium(Hf) on the Periodic Table


1 - H - Hydrogen
2 - He - Helium
3 - Li - Lithium
4 - Be - Beryllium
5 - B - Boron
6 - C - Carbon
7 - N - Nitrogen
8 - O - Oxygen
9 - F - Fluorine
10 - Ne - Neon
11 - Na - Sodium
12 - Mg - Magnesium
13 - Al - Aluminum
14 - Si - Silicon
15 - P - Phosphorus
16 - S - Sulfur
17 - Cl - Chlorine
18 - Ar - Argon
19 - K - Potassium
20 - Ca - Calcium
21 - Sc - Scandium
22 - Ti - Titanium
23 - V - Vanadium
24 - Cr - Chromium
25 - Mn - Manganese
26 - Fe - Iron
27 - Co - Cobalt
28 - Ni - Nickel
29 - Cu - Copper
30 - Zn - Zinc
31 - Ga - Gallium
32 - Ge - Germanium
33 - As - Arsenic
34 - Se - Selenium
35 - Br - Bromine
36 - Kr - Krypton
37 - Rb - Rubidium
38 - Sr - Strontium
39 - Y - Yttrium
40 - Zr - Zirconium
41 - Nb - Niobium
42 - Mo - Molybdenum
43 - Tc - Technetium
44 - Ru - Ruthenium
45 - Rh - Rhodium
46 - Pd - Palladium
47 - Ag - Silver
48 - Cd - Cadmium
49 - In - Indium
50 - Sn - Tin
51 - Sb - Antimony
52 - Te - Tellurium
53 - I - Iodine
54 - Xe - Xenon
55 - Cs - Cesium
56 - Ba - Barium
57 - La - Lanthanum
58 - Ce - Cerium
59 - Pr - Praseodymium
60 - Nd - Neodymium
61 - Pm - Promethium
62 - Sm - Samarium
63 - Eu - Europium
64 - Gd - Gadolinium
65 - Tb - Terbium
66 - Dy - Dysprosium
67 - Ho - Holmium
68 - Er - Erbium
69 - Tm - Thulium
70 - Yb - Ytterbium
71 - Lu - Lutetium
72 - Hf - Hafnium
73 - Ta - Tantalum
74 - W - Tungsten
75 - Re - Rhenium
76 - Os - Osmium
77 - Ir - Iridium
78 - Pt - Platinum
79 - Au - Gold
80 - Hg - Mercury
81 - Tl - Thallium
82 - Pb - Lead
83 - Bi - Bismuth
84 - Po - Polonium
85 - At - Astatine
86 - Rn - Radon
87 - Fr - Francium
88 - Ra - Radium
89 - Ac - Actinium
90 - Th - Thorium
91 - Pa - Protactinium
92 - U - Uranium
93 - Np - Neptunium
94 - Pu - Plutonium
95 - Am - Americium
96 - Cm - Curium
97 - Bk - Berkelium
98 - Cf - Californium
99 - Es - Einsteinium
100 - Fm - Fermium
101 - Md - Mendelevium
102 - No - Nobelium
103 - Lr - Lawrencium
104 - Rf - Rutherfordium
105 - Db - Dubnium
106 - Sg - Seaborgium
107 - Bh - Bohrium
108 - Hs - Hassium
109 - Mt - Meitnerium
110 - Ds - Darmstadtium
111 - Rg - Roentgenium
112 - Cn - Copernicium
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114 - Uuq - Ununquadium
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About This Blog

HELLO!
Well if you're on this blog you might already know why this blog is here. And for those of you who don't well let me explain.

I'm a sophomore in High School, and just beginning my first Chemistry Class, and I figured "Hey why not help people who aren't very good at science?", so this blog is here to help people get answers for their assignments!
the textbook we're working with right now(may change during second semester, most likely not) is Chemistry; Addison-Wesley.
I'll Post notes as I get them!

Good Luck!

-DJ