atoms: the building blocks of matter
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Atoms: The Building Blocks of Matter. Dalton’s Atomic Theory (1803). All matter is made of atoms. Atoms of the same element are identical. Atoms of different elements differ. Atoms cannot be divided, created, nor destroyed. Atoms combine in simple whole number ratios to form compounds. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Dalton’s Atomic Theory (1803)
1. All matter is made of atoms.
2. Atoms of the same element are identical. Atoms of different elements differ.
3. Atoms cannot be divided, created, nor destroyed.
4. Atoms combine in simple whole number ratios to form compounds.
5. Atoms are rearranged, separated, or combined in chemical reactions.
J.J. Thomson & Cathode Ray (1897)
• Rays repelled by negatively charged object.
• Charge to mass ratio same regardless of type of metal or gas used in the tube
• Concluded that identical negative particles are in all atoms. Named them electrons.
• Since atoms are neutral, they must also contain a positive charge.
Millikan & Oil Drop Experiment (1909)
• Measured charge of electron
• Allowed mass of electron to be determined from charge and charge to mass ratio.
• Mass of electron much smaller than mass of atom, so the atom must contain other particles to account for most of the mass.
Results and Conclusions
• Most alpha particles went through foil while a few bounced back.
• Atom is mostly empty space with a dense, concentrated positive mass in the center.
• Electrons occupy space around the nucleus.
Modification of plum-pudding model
Prediction of what wouldoccur with plum-pudding model.
Explanation for why a few alphaparticles bounced back.
Results
• Found new type of particle in the atom that was electrically neutral – the neutron.
• Determined mass of this particle.– Slightly larger than proton
• Mass of nucleus finally accounted for.
Structure of the Atom
+
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Atomic Number = # of protons
Atomic Mass = weighted average of all isotopes measure in amu’s.
Subatomic Particles
• The proton is 1800 times bigger than the electron.
Particle SymbolRelative Electric
ChargeRelative Mass
(amu)Location in the
atom
Electron e- -1 0.0005486 Around nucleus
Proton p+ +1 1.007276 Part of nucleus
Neutron no 0 1.008665 Part of nucleus
Atomic Structure
• Atoms are on the order of 10-10 m.– 100 million atoms lined up would be 1 cm
long.
• The nucleus is very small compared to size of the atom.
Isotopes
• Atoms of the same element with different masses.
• Atomic number = number of protons
• Mass number = number of protons + number of neutrons
Atomic mass vs. molar mass
• Same number off of the periodic table but different units
Atomic Mass Molar Mass
Mass of: 1 atom of an element 1 mole of an element
Measured in: amu (atomic mass unit) grams