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Chemistry
12th Grade
08/31/2016

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independent of the amount of substance present (ex: density, color boiling point)
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intensive physical property
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dependent upon the amount of substance present (ex: length, volume, mass)
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extensive physical property
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What four elements did the Greeks believe in in 400 BC?
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wind, earth, fire, water
Term
Democritus and Leucippos used what word to describe the small, individual particles that possibly made up matter?
Definition
atomos
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Why did divisibility of matter hang in the balance for the next 2000 years?
Definition
due to lack of experimentation options by Greeks
Term
extraction of metals from ores (Bauer) and medicinal applications of minerals by Paracelsus in the 16th century
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metallurgy
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Who was the first quantitative chemist that performed pressure/volume gas experiments and expanded the element list?
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Boyle
Term
Stahl suggested that what flowed out of burning materials,t things stopped burning if the air in container became saturated with this substance?
Definition
phlogiston
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The theory of "phlogiston" was changed after who discovered oxygen by heating Mercuric (Mercury II) oxide (decomposition)?
Definition
Priestly
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What is the highest honor even by the American Chemical Society?
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Priestly Medal
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What are the most important contributions to science that Priestly made?
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discovered carbon dioxide and disolved in water to from seltzer, found graphite was an electrical conductor, and discovered oxygen
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Who performed many combustion experiments, formulated the law of conservation of mass, wrote the first modern chem textbook, is known as the "father of modern chemistry," and was guillotined by the French in 1794?
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Lavoisier
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mass is neither created nor destroyed, but may change forms
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law of conservation of mass
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Wh developed the law of definite proportions?
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Proust
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a given compound always contains exactly the same ratio of elements by mass
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law of definite proportions
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Who discovered the atomic theory?
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Dalton
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when 2 elements form a series of compounds, the ratios of the masses of the second element that combine with one gram of the first element can always be reduced to small whole numbers
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law of multiple proportions
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who helped determine the absolute formulas of compounds?
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Gay-Lussac and Avogadro
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What were Gay-Lussac's main contributions to science?
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pressure/temperature of gases, codiscoverer of boron, process of manufacture sulfuric acid, developed glassware we use in labs
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at the same temp and pressure, equal volume of different gases contain the same number of particles
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Avogadro's hypothesis
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Who used the cathode ray tube to discover the negatively charged electron and the charge to mass ratio of an electron?
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JJ Thomson
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high voltage to the negative electrode or cathode gave off particles that repelled the negative pole
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cathode ray tube
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What model did Thomson use for his discovery?
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Plum pudding model
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Who performed the oil drop experiment in 1909 where x rays produced charges?
Definition
Robert Millikan
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What is the charge of an electron?
Definition
1.602 x 10^-19 Coulombs
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mass of an electron
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9.11 x 10^-31 kg
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What did Rutherford use radioactivity to discover?
Definition
positively charged nucleus of the atom
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Who discovered radioactivity when a mineral containing uranium produced an image on a photograph plate in the absence of light?
Definition
Becquerel
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Which of Rutherford's experiments involved firing a beam of positively charged alpha particles at at his metal foil?
Definition
gold foil experiment
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What happened during the gold foil experiment?
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most of the particles passed straight through the foil, but some were deflected straight back
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What did the gold foil experiment disprove?
Definition
Thomson's model of the atom
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Where is most of the atom's mass contained?
Definition
in the nucleus which is a dense center of positive charge with electrons moving around the nucleus in the most empty space of the atom
Term
Who named the alpha, beta, and gamma particles, coined the term half life, and invented the name proton for the nucleus of the hydrogen atom?
Definition
Rutherford
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What is the mass of a proton and neutron? (about the same)
Definition
1.67 x 10^-27 kg
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What is alike and different about the numerical charge of the electron and proton?
Definition
they are the same, but one is negative and the other is positive
Term
atoms with the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons so mass differs
Definition
isotopes
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symbol for atomic number
Definition
Z
Term
symbol for mass number
Definition
A
Term
What is the number of protons in the nucleus
Definition
atomic number
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number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus
Definition
mass number
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forces that hold atoms overhear in compounds
Definition
chemical bonds
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formed b a sharing of electrons
Definition
covalent bonds
Term
atom or group of atoms that has a net positive or negative harge
Definition
ion
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positive ion (metals)
Definition
cation
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negative ion (nonmetals)
Definition
anion
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give and take of electrons, occurs when oppositely charged particles join
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ionic bond
Term
groups of atoms with a single charge
Definition
polyatomic ion
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Atomic number
Definition
whole number
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mass number
Definition
decimal number (bc average of all the isotopes of that element)
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Where are metals found on the periodic table?
Definition
left
Term
What happens to metals?
Definition
they tend to I've up their outer shell electrons a de become positive ions, conduct heat and electricity, are malleable, ductile, and have luster
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What are nonmetals found on the periodic table? (except Hydrogen)
Definition
right
Term
What tends to gain electrons and become negative ions?
Definition
nonmetals
Term
elements in the same vertical columns that have similar chemical properties because they aha the same number of valance electrons
Definition
groups or families
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valence electrons
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outer shells
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group 1A
1+
Definition
alkali metals (except hydrogen)
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group 2A
2+
Definition
alkaline earth metals
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group 17 or 7A
1-
Definition
halogens (salt former)
Term
group 18 or 8A
0
Definition
Noble gases (full outer shell fo electrons, prefer tobe inert or unreactive)
Term
horizontal rows of elements
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periods
Term
protons and neutrons found in nucleus
Definition
nucleons
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term for each isotope of each atom
Definition
nuclide
Term
What happens to form a more stable nucleus?
Definition
radioactive nuclei decay or decompose
Term
How is a nuclide less radioactive?
Definition
the closer the proton to neutron ratio
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All nuclides with 84 or more protons are what?
Definition
unstable and radioactive
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How many unknown nuclides are there?
Definition
about 2000
Term
How many unknown nuclides are stable with respect to radioactive decay?
Definition
279
Term
Which element has the largest number of stable isotopes and how many?
Definition
Tin (10)
Term
helium-4 nucleus (4/2He)
Definition
alpha
Term
high speed electron 0/-1 e-
Definition
beta
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What is the net effect of beta particle production?
Definition
to change a neutron to a proton (mass number isn't changed, atomic number increases by 1)
Term
high energy photon
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gamma ray
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What occurs for nuclides who's neutron/proton ratios are too small?
Definition
position production
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What have the same mass as electrons but with opposite charge? (antiparticle of electron)
Definition
positrons
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What form high energy photons (gamma rays)= annihilation?
Definition
positron and electron collisions
Term
one of the inner orbital electrons is captured by the nucleus
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electron capture
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time required for the number of nuclides to reach half the original value
Definition
half life
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What gives particles very high velocities?
Definition
particle accelerators
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What is Carbon-14 dating used for?
Definition
to date organisms that were once living
Term
radioactive nuclides thatch be introduce into organisms in food or drugs and whose pathways can be traced by monitoring their radioactivity
Definition
radio tracers
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combining two light nuclei to form a heavier, more stable nucleus (4H-> He in Sun)
Definition
fusion
Term
splitting heavy nuclei into two nuclei with smaller mass numbers (bomb)
Definition
fission
Term
What are required to initiate fusion?
Definition
high temperatures
Term
What are very close together in the nucleus?
Definition
particles
Term
What is the temperature of the sun?
Definition
4 x 10^7 K
Term
stibium
Definition
antimony
Term
cuprum
Definition
copper
Term
ferrum
Definition
iron
Term
plumbum
Definition
lead
Term
hydrargyrum
Definition
mercury
Term
kalium
Definition
potassium
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argentum
Definition
silver
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natrium
Definition
sodium
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stannum
Definition
tin
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wolfram
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tungsten
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aurum
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gold
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What type of elements are in the center of the table?
Definition
transition metals
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Which types of elements are at the bottom of the periodic table?
Definition
lanthanides and actinides
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