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Atoms – the building blocks of matter
University of Lincoln presentation
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What’s so special about atoms?
• All matter is made of atoms• When 2 surfaces touch each other,
atoms from one surface are transferred to the other
TRACE EVIDENCE
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The Locard Principle of Exchange
Prof Edmond Locard (1877-1966)
“When objects come into contact there is a transfer of particles”…….
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For example• FIREARM
DISCHARGE RESIDUE– When a firearm is discharged, traces of lead, antimony and barium are deposited onto the hand holding the gun.
• IDENTIFYING SITE OF BULLET PENETRATION– Uncoated lead bullets and copper-coated bullets discharged from firearms and penetrating wood, fabric, paper, etc., leave behind 0.1 – 100 micron particles of metallic lead or copper
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What you Need to Know…
• Structure of the atom – proton, neutron and electron
• Electron orbitals – s- and p-orbitals, principal quantum numbers and energy
• Electronic configurations – noble gas configurations, core electrons and valence electrons
• Drawing energy level diagrams – putting electrons into orbitals and pairing electrons
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Atomic Structure
The Bohr atom
Direction of electron motion
Nucleus
Electron
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Make-up of the Atom
The NUCLEUSTwo particles make up the nucleus:o PROTONo NEUTRON
A third particle, the ELECTRON, moves around the nucleus in ORBITALS
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The three atomic particles
PROTON NEUTRON ELECTRON
Charge (C) +1.602x10-19 0 -1.602x10-19
Charge number
+1 0 -1
Rest mass (kg)
1.673x10-27 1.675x10-27 9.109x10-31
Relative mass
1837 1839 1
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Orbitals
Consider the moon orbiting the earth:
We always know where the moon is because we can see it – its position and motion can be defined EXACTLY
For an e- with a tiny mass, this is not the case – it is impossible to know, exactly, both its position and momentum at the same instant in time.
This is known as Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle
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Orbitals
If we can’t determine exactly where the electron is, we must consider the probability of finding the electron in a given volume of space. This volume of space is called an ORBITAL
Probabilities are calculated mathematically, and in this case are defined by the
Schrödinger wave equation
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Why do we need to know where the electrons are?
ElementMatter made up of
identical atoms
Atoms
Protons Neutrons Electrons
The element is defined by the
number of protons it has
The number of electrons= the number of protons
Position of the electrons within the atom defines
the chemistry of the element
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Periodic Table of the Elements
f - block elements
H
BeLi
Na
K
Rb
Cs
Fr
Mg
Ca
Sr
Ba
Ra
Sc
Y
La
Ac
Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn
Zr
Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl
Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn
Pb Bi Po At Rn
Xe
Kr
Ar
Ne
Sb Te I
Ga
Al
Ge
Si P S Cl
As Se Br
Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm
Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu
Th Pa U Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr
He
B C N O F
LanthanoidsActinoids
d – block elements
Hydrogen and s – block elements
p – block elements
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The first 20 elementsElement Number of
protons (Atomic
number = Z)
Number of electrons
Na 11 11
Mg 12 12
Al 13 13
Si 14 14
P 15 15
S 16 16
Cl 17 17
Ar 18 18
K 19 19
Ca 20 20
Element Number of protons (Atomic
number = Z)
Number of electrons
H 1 1
He 2 2
Li 3 3
Be 4 4
B 5 5
C 6 6
N 7 7
O 8 8
F 9 9
Ne 10 10
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Where are these electrons?
According to Schrödinger, there are 4 different types of orbital in an atom (each type has a different shape):
Orbital label
No. orbitals
No. e-s per orbital
Total no. e-s
s 1 2 2
p 3 2 6
d 5 2 10
f 7 2 14
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Shapes of Orbitals (s & p)z
x
y
z
y
x
z
y
x
S-orbital
P-orbitals
z
y
x
Px Py Pz
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Shapes of Orbitals (d)z
y
x
z
y
x
z
y
x
z
y
x
z
x
y
dyz dxy dxz
dz2 dx
2 y2
Note change of axis
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Electron Orbitals
1s 2s 3s 4s 5s 6s 7s
2p 3p 4p 5p 6p
3d 4d 5d
4f 5f
The number is called the principal quantum number (n) and indicates the size of the orbital (1 is the smallest; 7 the largest)
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The Principal Quantum Number
1s 2s 3s 4s
The increase in size of atomic orbitals
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Position of Orbitals Around Nucleus
Nucleus
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
0 5 10 15 20
Distance from atomic nucleus (r, atomic units)
Pro
bab
ilit
y4πr2R(r)2
1s
2s3s
Energy increase
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Relationship Between Principal Quantum Number and Energy
Energ
y, E 0
n = 1
n = 2
n = 3
n = 4
n = 5
n = 6
n = ∞ Energy levels
become closer together
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Comparing the Energy for n=3
0
5
10
15
20
25
0 5 10 15 20 25
Distance from the nucleus (r,atomic units)
Pro
bab
ilit
y
3d3p
3s
4πr2R(r)2
Energy increase
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The Energy of OrbitalsEnerg
y
1s
2s
3s
2p
3p
3d
N = 1
N = 2
N = 3
Each orbital will hold 2 electrons
Link to “Energy level diagrams”
video
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How do the electrons fill these orbitals?
Groundstate electronic configurations:In order for an element to be stable, it has to house
its electrons in such a way that its overall energy is as low as possible
The electrons will therefore occupy the lowest energy orbitals available
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Orbitals in energy order
1s 2s 3s 4s 5s 6s 7s
2p 3p 4p 5p 6p
3d 4d 5d
4f 5f
1s < 2s < 2p< 3s < 3p < 4s < 3d < 4p < 5s < 4d < 5p< 6s < 4f 5d
< 6p < 7s < 5f
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Electronic Configuration Atomic number
Element Symbol
Electronic configuration
Atomic number
Element Symbol
Electronic configuration
1 H 1s1 11 Na 1s22s22p63s1
2 He 1s2 12 Mg 1s22s22p63s2
3 Li 1s22s1 13 Al 1s22s22p63s23p1
4 Be 1s22s2 14 Si 1s22s22p63s23p2
5 B 1s22s22p1 15 P 1s22s22p63s23p3
6 C 1s22s22p2 16 S 1s22s22p63s23p4
7 N 1s22s22p3 17 Cl 1s22s22p63s23p5
8 O 1s22s22p4 18 Ar 1s22s22p63s23p6
9 F 1s22s22p5 19 K 1s22s22p63s23p64s1
10 Ne 1s22s22p6 20 Ca 1s22s22p63s23p64s2
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Three things to remember
1. For principal quantum numbers >1 there is both an s- and a p-orbital. This means 8 electrons are needed to fill these two orbitals. If the orbitals are all filled, the element is extra stable. These elements are the NOBLE gases
2. CORE electrons are those electrons sitting in filled orbitals. These usually correspond to the noble gas configurations (He, Ne, Ar etc.)
3. VALENCE electrons are the electrons outside the core electrons. It is these electrons that define the chemistry of the element
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Noble gases: Group 18
Nob
le g
ases:
All
orb
itals
are
fille
d
H
BeLi
Na
K
Rb
Cs
Fr
Mg
Ca
Sr
Ba
Ra
Sc
Y
La
Ac
Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn
Zr
Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl
Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn
Pb Bi Po At Rn
Xe
Kr
Ar
Ne
Sb Te I
Ga
Al
Ge
Si P S Cl
As Se Br
Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm
Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu
Th Pa U Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr
He
B C N O F
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Energy Level Diagrams - Arrangement of Electrons in
Orbitals
Electrons remain unpaired when they can (i.e. when there is more than 1 orbital of the same energy)
Work out the number of electrons that are present, and then start filling the lowest energy orbitals first
En
erg
y
1s
2s2p
En
erg
y1s
En
erg
y
1s
2s
C He Li
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How do electrons pair up?
In order to pair up, electrons have to spin in
different directions
= +ve spin = -ve spin
Incorrect Correct
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Summary
• Structure of the atom – proton, neutron and electron
• Electron orbitals – s- and p-orbitals, principal quantum numbers and energy
• Electronic configurations – noble gas configurations, core electrons and valence electrons
• Drawing energy level diagrams – putting electrons into orbitals and pairing electrons
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Acknowledgements
• JISC• HEA• Centre for Educational Research and
Development• School of natural and applied sciences• School of Journalism• SirenFM• http://tango.freedesktop.org