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Until when was Dalton's atomic theory accepted as true? |
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His theory was considered valid for a majority of the 19th century after he proposed it. |
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What experiment is JJ Thomson remembered for? |
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He performed the cathode ray tube experiment. |
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What does Coulomb's Law state? |
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Opposite charges attract while similar charges repel each other. |
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What is the equation of Coulomb's Law and what do the components stand for? |
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F=(kq1q2)/d2 (force equals a constant times charge 1 times charge 2 all over distance squared) |
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After his experiment, what did Thompson discover? |
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He discovered both the mass and charge of the electron. |
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Explain what is meant by the "plumb pudding" model of the atom |
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The model states that an atom is comprised of a positively-charged "dough" with negatively charged electrons scattered throughout the positive dough. |
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What experiment did Robert Millikan perform? |
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He performed the oil drop experiment. |
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What did JJ Thomson discover? |
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He discovered both the presence of the electron and its mass/charge ratio (but not the individual components of the ratio). |
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What did Millikan's experiment find? |
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His oil drop experiment found not only the charge of the electron but he also found the mass. |
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What experiment is Ernest Rutherford remembered for? |
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He is noted for his gold foil experiment. |
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What did Rutherford's experiment show? |
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His experiment showed the presence of the atomic nucleus as a central + charged region of the atom. |
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What was the major draw-back of Rutherford's experiment? |
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He accounted for the charge of the nucleus but failed to incorporate its mass. |
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What did James Chadwick discover? |
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He discovered that in addition to positively charged particles that the nucleus also contains neutral particles. |
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Give the letter abrieviations for atomic number, atomic mass and charge. |
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atomic number = z, atomic mass = a and charge = q. |
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In nuclear notation where do atomic number, mass and charge all go? |
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Atomic number is noted at the bottom left, atomic mass at the top left and charge is noted at the top right of the given chemical symbol. |
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An ion is a charged particle resulting from a gain/loss of electrons. |
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A cation is a positively charged ion resulting from electron deficit. |
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An anion is a negatively charged ion resulting from electron surplus. |
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True or false: no matter what the charge of an atom its proton-electron ratio will always be 1:1 |
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False. Only neutrally-charged atoms have a 1:1 ratio of protons and electrons. |
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What does oxidation refer to? |
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Oxidation refers to the loss of electrons. |
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What do the electrons of metals tend to do and what do they form as a result? |
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They tend to lose electrons to make cations. |
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What do the electrons of non-metals tend to do and what do they form? |
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They tend to gain electrons to form anions. |
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Isotopes are representative particles of the same element which differ by their number of neutrons in the nucleus. |
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Out of z, q and a which ones can and can't change? |
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A and q can change while z can't. |
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What does mass spectomotry do? |
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It provides a distribution plot of each isotope of which an element is comprised and the isotopes relative percent composition. |
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amu stands for atomic mass unit; one amu is equal to 1/12 the mass of Carbon-12. |
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How do you determine average atomic mass? |
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Average atomic mass is the percent of isotopic abundance multiplied by the isotope's amu's. |
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Define physical properties. |
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Physical properties are observable characteristics of a substance when stable. |
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Give some examples of physical properties. |
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Physical properties include (but are not limited to) luster, malleableness (bending ability), ductility (ability to be pulled into a wire), odor, conductivity (both electrical and thermal), taste, density and physical state change temperatures. |
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Physical change is defined as the transformation from one stage /phase of matter into another (gas to liquid, liquid to solid, etc.). |
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Challenge: what is the physical change of going from a gas to a solid called? |
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Going from a gas to a solid is called deposition. |
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A chemical change is defined as one or more substances transforming into one or more different substances with different physical properties. |
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Give some examples of indicators that a chemical reaction has occured. |
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Chemical reactions typically involve some sort of temperature change (both endo- and exothermacism), evolution of a gas, solid precipitation upon mixing 2 or more aqueous substances and color change. |
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A precipitate is define as any insoluable solid formed from 2 clear solutions. |
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Units describe how much of something there is. |
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Challenge: what is one liter equal to? |
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A liter is equal to a decameter cubed (1L=1dm3). |
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The metric system is a uniform system of prefixes and pre-determined base units for measurements. The prefixes tell us which power of 10 is assigned to a base unit. |
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What should be known for unit conversions before performing the actual conversion? |
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The correct conversion factor should either be given or known (such as 1 inch = 2.54 centimeters) |
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Give the mathematical formula to perform a unit conversion |
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First you divide the desired unit by the given unit. Then you multiply the result by the given unit. |
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