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Chapter 4 Atomic Structure
historians from atomic history along with key terms
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Chemistry
10th Grade
10/05/2010

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subscript
Definition
mass number or atomic number written to the left of the atmoic number
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tritium
Definition
mass number of hyrogen that has a mass number of 3
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seven
Definition
number of periods in the modern day periodic table, horizantal rows
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group
Definition
vertical column of the periodic table
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protons
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equals the atomic number, has a positive charge
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electrons
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equal to number of protons, orbits the nucleus and have a negative charge
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nuetrons
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have a neutral charge, is equal to the mass number minus the number of protons
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elements
Definition
based on increasing atomic numbers
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deuterium
Definition
isotope of hydrogen that has a mass number of 2
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hydrogen
Definition
lightest element
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isotopes
Definition
atoms with the same nimber of protons but different numbers of nuetrons
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atomic mass unit(amu)
Definition
weighted average of the masses of its isotopes
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mass number
Definition
numbwer of protons and nuetrons
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democritus
Definition
early Greek philosopher who propsed the existence of atoms
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compounds
Definition
atoms combined in whole number ratios
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negativly charged plate
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repels electrons in a cathode ray tube
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nucleus
Definition
cantral core of an atom
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atoms
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elements are composed of tiny indivisible particles that retain identity even after chemical reactions are called______
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Chadwick
Definition
associated with discovering the nuetron
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anode
Definition
positively charged plate in a cathode ray tube
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Rutherford
Definition
used Gold foil experiment to prove the existence of atoms in the nuclues
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Thompson
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physicist charged with the discovery of the electron
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corpuscles
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word orignaly used by Thompson to describe the observed particles
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nano scale
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the "atomic" scale
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quarks
Definition
smaller subneculear particles of protons an nuetrons
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positively charged plate
Definition
attracts electrons in a cathrode ray tube
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Millikan
Definition
performed experiments(oil drop)that helped determine the mass of an electron
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Dalton
Definition
"father" of the atomic theory and first to apply experimentations to conclusions and stated the chemicals can combine in whole-number ratios
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Rusacka
Definition
german scientist who first built a scanning electron microscope
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Goldstein
Definition
propsed the conccept of positively charged particles(protons)
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Socrates
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early philosphernwho said there were only four basic elements
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Mendeleev
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based the arrangment of elemnts on the periodic table on similar properties
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Moseley
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based the arragmeent of elements on the pereodic table on the unber of protons in each element
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