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THE STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM ATOMIC MODELS Tuesday, October 8, 13 PIONEERS OF THE ATOM Tuesday, October 8, 13 PIONEERS OF THE ATOM • DEMOCRITUS Tuesday, October 8, 13 PIONEERS OF THE ATOM • DEMOCRITUS • LAVOISIER Tuesday, October 8, 13 PIONEERS OF THE ATOM • DEMOCRITUS • LAVOISIER • DALTON Tuesday, October 8, 13 PIONEERS OF THE ATOM • • • • DEMOCRITUS LAVOISIER DALTON THOMPSON Tuesday, October 8, 13 PIONEERS OF THE ATOM • • • • DEMOCRITUS LAVOISIER DALTON THOMPSON • MILLIKEN Tuesday, October 8, 13 PIONEERS OF THE ATOM • • • • DEMOCRITUS LAVOISIER DALTON THOMPSON • MILLIKEN • RUTHERFORD Tuesday, October 8, 13 THE EARLY ATOM • DEMOCRITUS IS THE MAN!!! • YOU KNOW IT! Tuesday, October 8, 13 THE EARLY ATOM IT’S ALL GREEK TO ME... • DEMOCRITUS IS THE MAN!!! • YOU KNOW IT! Tuesday, October 8, 13 DEMOCRITUS Tuesday, October 8, 13 DEMOCRITUS • WAS A GREEK PHILOSOPHER THAT BEGAN WONDERING WHAT WAS THE UNIVERSE MADE UP OF. Tuesday, October 8, 13 DEMOCRITUS • WAS A GREEK PHILOSOPHER THAT BEGAN WONDERING WHAT WAS THE UNIVERSE MADE UP OF. • HE PROPOSED THAT ALL THE MATTER IN THE UNIVERSE IS COMPOSED OF TINY PARTICLES Tuesday, October 8, 13 DEMOCRITUS • WAS A GREEK PHILOSOPHER THAT BEGAN WONDERING WHAT WAS THE UNIVERSE MADE UP OF. • HE PROPOSED THAT ALL THE MATTER IN THE UNIVERSE IS COMPOSED OF TINY PARTICLES • THESE PARTICLES ARE INDIVISABLE Tuesday, October 8, 13 DEMOCRITUS • WAS A GREEK PHILOSOPHER THAT BEGAN WONDERING WHAT WAS THE UNIVERSE MADE UP OF. • HE PROPOSED THAT ALL THE MATTER IN THE UNIVERSE IS COMPOSED OF TINY PARTICLES • THESE PARTICLES ARE INDIVISABLE • HE CALLED THESE PARTICLES ATOMOS (MEANS INDIVISABLE) Tuesday, October 8, 13 DEMOCRITUS • WAS A GREEK PHILOSOPHER THAT BEGAN WONDERING WHAT WAS THE UNIVERSE MADE UP OF. • HE PROPOSED THAT ALL THE MATTER IN THE UNIVERSE IS COMPOSED OF TINY PARTICLES • THESE PARTICLES ARE INDIVISABLE • HE CALLED THESE PARTICLES ATOMOS (MEANS INDIVISABLE) • BUT HE HAD AN OPPONENT… Tuesday, October 8, 13 Tuesday, October 8, 13 ARISTOTLE = SCEPTIC DEMOCRITUS IS AN IGNORAMUS! Tuesday, October 8, 13 ARISTOTLE = SCEPTIC DEMOCRITUS IS AN IGNORAMUS! ARISTOTLE WAS MUCH MORE POPULAR AND HE OPPOSED THE IDEA OF ATOMS! Tuesday, October 8, 13 ARISTOTLE = SCEPTIC DEMOCRITUS IS AN IGNORAMUS! ARISTOTLE BELIEVED THAT MATTER WAS CONTINUOUS. Tuesday, October 8, 13 DEMOCRITUS’ ATOMS Tuesday, October 8, 13 DEMOCRITUS’ ATOMS Tuesday, October 8, 13 SO...CHEMISTRY DIED FOR ABOUT 1400 YEARS Tuesday, October 8, 13 SO...CHEMISTRY DIED FOR ABOUT 1400 YEARS UNTIL... Tuesday, October 8, 13 SO...CHEMISTRY DIED FOR ABOUT 1400 YEARS IN THE 1700’S Tuesday, October 8, 13 FOUNDATIONS OF ATOMIC THEORY Tuesday, October 8, 13 FOUNDATIONS OF ATOMIC THEORY • THE PREDOMINATE BELIEF BY THE MID 1700’S WAS THE MODERN DEFINITION OF AN ELEMENT AS A SUBSTANCE THAT CANNOT BE BROKEN DOWN BY ORDINARY CHEMICAL MEANS Tuesday, October 8, 13 FOUNDATIONS OF ATOMIC THEORY • THE PREDOMINATE BELIEF BY THE MID 1700’S WAS THE MODERN DEFINITION OF AN ELEMENT AS A SUBSTANCE THAT CANNOT BE BROKEN DOWN BY ORDINARY CHEMICAL MEANS • IT WAS ALSO BELIEVED THAT ELEMENTS COMBINE TO FORM COMPOUNDS THAT HAVE DIFFERENT PHYS AND CHEM PROPERTIES THAN THOSE OF THE ELEMENTS THAT FORM THEM. Tuesday, October 8, 13 FOUNDATIONS OF ATOMIC THEORY Tuesday, October 8, 13 FOUNDATIONS OF ATOMIC THEORY • HOWEVER, THERE WAS CONTROVERSY AS TO WHETHER ELEMENTS ALWAYS COMBINE IN THE SAME RATIO WHEN FORMING A PARTICULAR COMPOUND. Tuesday, October 8, 13 FOUNDATIONS OF ATOMIC THEORY • HOWEVER, THERE WAS CONTROVERSY AS TO WHETHER ELEMENTS ALWAYS COMBINE IN THE SAME RATIO WHEN FORMING A PARTICULAR COMPOUND. • IN THE 1790’S, THE STUDY OF MATTER WAS REVOLUTIONIZED BY A NEW EMPHASIS ON THE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS Tuesday, October 8, 13 FOUNDATIONS OF ATOMIC THEORY • HOWEVER, THERE WAS CONTROVERSY AS TO WHETHER ELEMENTS ALWAYS COMBINE IN THE SAME RATIO WHEN FORMING A PARTICULAR COMPOUND. • IN THE 1790’S, THE STUDY OF MATTER WAS REVOLUTIONIZED BY A NEW EMPHASIS ON THE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS – SCIENTISTS’ INVESTIGATIONS WERE MADE MORE ACCURATE BY NEW IMPROVED BALANCES Tuesday, October 8, 13 ANTOINNE LAVOISIER TOOK ADVANTAGE… MATTER CAN BE NEITHER CREATED NOR DESTROYED. HE BEGAN TO GATHER EVIDENCE ABOUT HOW MATTER BEHAVED BEFORE AND AFTER A REACTION. Tuesday, October 8, 13 ANTOINNE LAVOISIER TOOK ADVANTAGE… MATTER CAN BE NEITHER CREATED NOR DESTROYED. HE DISCOVERED THAT THE TOTAL MASS OF THE INGREDIENTS OF A CHEMICAL REACTION WAS THE SAME AS THE TOTAL MASS OF THE RESULTS Tuesday, October 8, 13 2 OTHER FUNDAMENTAL IDEAS WERE INVESTIGATED... THE LAW OF DEFINITE PROPORTION Tuesday, October 8, 13 2 OTHER FUNDAMENTAL IDEAS WERE INVESTIGATED... THE LAW OF MULTIPLE PROPORTIONS Tuesday, October 8, 13 2 OTHER FUNDAMENTAL IDEAS WERE INVESTIGATED... I’M BETTER LOOKING THAN PROUST! Tuesday, October 8, 13 LAW OF DEFINITE PROPORTIONS LAW OF MULTIPLE PROPORTIONS A CHEM COMPD IS ALWAYS COMPOSED OF THE SAME ELEM. IN THE SAME PROPOR. BY MASS C = O CO IF 2 DIFFERENT COMPDS ARE COMPOSED OF THE SAME 2 ELEMTS, THEN THE RATIO OF OF THE ELEMNTS IS ALWAYS A RATIO OF = CARBON SMALL WHOLE #’S+ MONOXIDE CARBON DIOXIDE Tuesday, October 8, 13 + CARBON MONOXIDE C + + C O O CO = O CO2 DALTON’S THOUGHTS Tuesday, October 8, 13 DALTON’S THOUGHTS • IN 1808, JOHN DALTON PROPOSED AN EXPLANATION FOR THE LAW OF CONS OF MASS, THE LAW OF DEFINITE PROPORTIONS, & FORMULATED THE LAW OF MULTIPLE PROPORTIONS. Tuesday, October 8, 13 DALTON’S THOUGHTS • IN 1808, JOHN DALTON PROPOSED AN EXPLANATION FOR THE LAW OF CONS OF MASS, THE LAW OF DEFINITE PROPORTIONS, & FORMULATED THE LAW OF MULTIPLE PROPORTIONS. • HE REASONED THAT ELEMENTS WERE COMPOSED OF ATOMS & THAT ONLY WHOLE #’S OF ATOMS CAN COMBINE TO FORM COMPNDS Tuesday, October 8, 13 DALTON’S THOUGHTS • IN 1808, JOHN DALTON PROPOSED AN EXPLANATION FOR THE LAW OF CONS OF MASS, THE LAW OF DEFINITE PROPORTIONS, & FORMULATED THE LAW OF MULTIPLE PROPORTIONS. • HE REASONED THAT ELEMENTS WERE COMPOSED OF ATOMS & THAT ONLY WHOLE #’S OF ATOMS CAN COMBINE TO FORM COMPNDS • HIS IDEAS ARE NOW CALLED THE ATOMIC THEORY OF MATTER AND CAN BE SUMMARIZED AS: Tuesday, October 8, 13 1. ALL MATTER IS COMPOSED OF EXTREMELY SMALL PARTICLES CALLED ATOMS 2. ATOMS OF A GIVEN ELEMENT ARE IDENTICAL IN SIZE, MASS, AND OTHER PROPERTIES; ATOMS OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTS DIFFER IN SIZE, MASS, & OTHER PROPERTIES Tuesday, October 8, 13 ELEMENT 1 ELEMENT 2 ELEMENT 3 ELEMENT 4 3. ATOMS CANNOT BE SUBDIVIDED, CREATED, OR DESTROYED 4. ATOMS OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTS COMBINE IN SIMPLE WHOLE # RATIOS TO FORM CHEM COMPDS 5.IN CHEMICAL RXNS, ATOMS ARE COMBINED, SEPARATED, OR REARRANGED Tuesday, October 8, 13 + + 3. ATOMS CANNOT BE SUBDIVIDED, CREATED, OR DESTROYED 4. ATOMS OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTS COMBINE IN SIMPLE WHOLE # RATIOS TO FORM CHEM COMPDS 5.IN CHEMICAL RXNS, ATOMS ARE COMBINED, SEPARATED, OR REARRANGED Tuesday, October 8, 13 + + DALTON AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES Tuesday, October 8, 13 DALTON AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES THE EARLIEST THEORISTS THOUGHT THE ATOM WAS HARD AND ROUND, MUCH LIKE TINY MARBLES OR BALL BEARINGS. Tuesday, October 8, 13 STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM Tuesday, October 8, 13 STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM • ALTHOUGH DALTON THOUGHT ATOMS WERE INDIVISIBLE, INVESTIGATORS IN THE LATE 1800’S PROVED OTHERWISE Tuesday, October 8, 13 STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM • ALTHOUGH DALTON THOUGHT ATOMS WERE INDIVISIBLE, INVESTIGATORS IN THE LATE 1800’S PROVED OTHERWISE • IT SOON BECAME CLEAR THAT ATOMS ARE ACTUALLY COMPOSED OF SEVERAL BASIC TYPES OF SMALLER PARTICLES Tuesday, October 8, 13 STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM • ALTHOUGH DALTON THOUGHT ATOMS WERE INDIVISIBLE, INVESTIGATORS IN THE LATE 1800’S PROVED OTHERWISE • IT SOON BECAME CLEAR THAT ATOMS ARE ACTUALLY COMPOSED OF SEVERAL BASIC TYPES OF SMALLER PARTICLES • AND IT’S THE NUMBERS AND ARRANGEMENTS OF THESE SUBATOMIC PARTICLES THAT DETERMINES THE IDENTITY OF THE ATOM. Tuesday, October 8, 13 STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM Tuesday, October 8, 13 STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM • THE FIRST DISCOVERY OF A SUBATOMIC PARTICLE RESULTED FROM THE INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ELECTRICITY AND MATTER. Tuesday, October 8, 13 STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM • THE FIRST DISCOVERY OF A SUBATOMIC PARTICLE RESULTED FROM THE INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ELECTRICITY AND MATTER. • IN THE LATE 1800’S, MANY EXPERIMENTS WERE PERFORMED IN WHICH ELECTRIC CURRENT WAS PASSED THROUGH VARIOUS GASES AT LOW PRESS Tuesday, October 8, 13 STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM • THE FIRST DISCOVERY OF A SUBATOMIC PARTICLE RESULTED FROM THE INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ELECTRICITY AND MATTER. • IN THE LATE 1800’S, MANY EXPERIMENTS WERE PERFORMED IN WHICH ELECTRIC CURRENT WAS PASSED THROUGH VARIOUS GASES AT LOW PRESS – CARRIED OUT IN TUBES CALLED CATHODE-RAY TUBES Tuesday, October 8, 13 STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM CATHODE RAY TUBE Tuesday, October 8, 13 STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM • INVESTIGATORS NOTICED THAT WHEN CURRENT WAS PASSED THROUGH A CATHODE RAY TUBE, THE SURFACE OF THE TUBE DIRECTLY OPPOSITE THE CATHODE GLOWED. CATHODE RAY TUBE Tuesday, October 8, 13 STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM CATHODE RAY CATHODE RAY TUBE Tuesday, October 8, 13 STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM • THEY HYPOTHESIZED THAT THE GLOW WAS CAUSED BY A STREAM OF PARTICLES CATHODE RAY CATHODE RAY TUBE Tuesday, October 8, 13 STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM • THEY HYPOTHESIZED THAT THE GLOW WAS CAUSED BY A STREAM OF PARTICLES – THEY CALLED THE STREAM A CATHODE RAY CATHODE RAY CATHODE RAY TUBE Tuesday, October 8, 13 STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM CATHODE RAY CATHODE ANODE CATHODE RAY TUBE Tuesday, October 8, 13 STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM • THE CATHODE RAY TRAVELED FROM THE CATHODE TO THE ANODE WHEN CURRENT WAS PASSED THROUGH THE TUBE. CATHODE RAY CATHODE ANODE CATHODE RAY TUBE Tuesday, October 8, 13 STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM • THE CATHODE RAY TRAVELED FROM THE CATHODE TO THE ANODE WHEN CURRENT WAS PASSED THROUGH THE TUBE. • THE CATHODE RAY TUBE OPENED THE DOOR FOR J.J. THOMPSON CATHODE RAY CATHODE ANODE CATHODE RAY TUBE Tuesday, October 8, 13 J. J. THOMPSON Tuesday, October 8, 13 J. J. THOMPSON I PLAY WITH ELECTRONS Tuesday, October 8, 13 J. J. THOMPSON Tuesday, October 8, 13 J. J. THOMPSON • THOMPSON’S INVESTIGATIONS SUPPLIED EVIDENCE THAT THE CATHODE RAY COULD BE DEFLECTED BY APPLYING A POSITIVELY CHARGED ELECTRIC FIELD Tuesday, October 8, 13 J. J. THOMPSON • THOMPSON’S INVESTIGATIONS SUPPLIED EVIDENCE THAT THE CATHODE RAY COULD BE DEFLECTED BY APPLYING A POSITIVELY CHARGED ELECTRIC FIELD – THIS HELPED THOMPSON DISCOVER THAT THE CATHODE RAY WAS NEGATIVELY CHARGED. Tuesday, October 8, 13 Tuesday, October 8, 13 Tuesday, October 8, 13 • THOMPSON WAS ABLE TO MEASURE THE RATIO OF THE CHARGE OF CATHODE RAY PARTICLES TO THEIR MASS Tuesday, October 8, 13 • THOMPSON WAS ABLE TO MEASURE THE RATIO OF THE CHARGE OF CATHODE RAY PARTICLES TO THEIR MASS – HE FOUND THAT THE RATIO WAS THE SAME REGARDLESS OF THE METAL USED AS THE CATHODE Tuesday, October 8, 13 • THOMPSON WAS ABLE TO MEASURE THE RATIO OF THE CHARGE OF CATHODE RAY PARTICLES TO THEIR MASS – HE FOUND THAT THE RATIO WAS THE SAME REGARDLESS OF THE METAL USED AS THE CATHODE • THOMPSON CONCLUDED THAT ALL CATHODE RAYS ARE COMPOSED OF IDENTICAL NEGATIVELY CHARGED PARTICLES Tuesday, October 8, 13 • THOMPSON WAS ABLE TO MEASURE THE RATIO OF THE CHARGE OF CATHODE RAY PARTICLES TO THEIR MASS – HE FOUND THAT THE RATIO WAS THE SAME REGARDLESS OF THE METAL USED AS THE CATHODE • THOMPSON CONCLUDED THAT ALL CATHODE RAYS ARE COMPOSED OF IDENTICAL NEGATIVELY CHARGED PARTICLES – WHICH WERE LATER CALLED ELECTRONS Tuesday, October 8, 13 THOMPSON’S ATOMIC MODEL Tuesday, October 8, 13 THOMPSON’S ATOMIC MODEL • HE PROPOSED THAT THE ATOM LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE A CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE Tuesday, October 8, 13 THOMPSON’S ATOMIC MODEL • HE PROPOSED THAT THE ATOM LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE A CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE THE CHIPS WOULD BE HIS ELECTRONS Tuesday, October 8, 13 THOMPSON’S ATOMIC MODEL • HE PROPOSED THAT THE ATOM LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE A CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE THE CHIPS WOULD BE HIS ELECTRONS THE COOKIE PART IS POS. MATTER TO CANCEL OUT THE NEG. ELECTRONS Tuesday, October 8, 13 Tuesday, October 8, 13 • THOMPSON’S EXPERIMENTS REVEALED THAT THE ELECTRON HAS A VERY LARGE CHARGE IN RELATION TO ITS MASS Tuesday, October 8, 13 • THOMPSON’S EXPERIMENTS REVEALED THAT THE ELECTRON HAS A VERY LARGE CHARGE IN RELATION TO ITS MASS • IN 1909, ROBERT MILLIKAN, PERFORMED AN INGENIOUS EXPERIMENT TO CALCULATE THE MASS OF AN ELECTRON Tuesday, October 8, 13 • THOMPSON’S EXPERIMENTS REVEALED THAT THE ELECTRON HAS A VERY LARGE CHARGE IN RELATION TO ITS MASS • IN 1909, ROBERT MILLIKAN, PERFORMED AN INGENIOUS EXPERIMENT TO CALCULATE THE MASS OF AN ELECTRON – HE DISCOVERED THAT THE MASS OF THE ELECTRON IS ABOUT 1/2000TH THE MASS OF THE SIMPLEST ATOM (HYDRO.) Tuesday, October 8, 13 HELLO, MILLIKAN Tuesday, October 8, 13 HELLO, MILLIKAN DAT’S RIGHT! I SAVED THE DAY! Tuesday, October 8, 13 Tuesday, October 8, 13 • HIS OIL DROP EXPERIMENT SHOWED THAT EVEN THOUGH THE ATOMS OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTS ARE VERY DIFFERENT, THEIR ELECTRONS ARE IDENTICAL. Tuesday, October 8, 13 • HIS OIL DROP EXPERIMENT SHOWED THAT EVEN THOUGH THE ATOMS OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTS ARE VERY DIFFERENT, THEIR ELECTRONS ARE IDENTICAL. – AN ELECTRON IS AN ELECTRON Tuesday, October 8, 13 • HIS OIL DROP EXPERIMENT SHOWED THAT EVEN THOUGH THE ATOMS OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTS ARE VERY DIFFERENT, THEIR ELECTRONS ARE IDENTICAL. – AN ELECTRON IS AN ELECTRON – THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT ATOMS IS THEIR NUMBER OF ELECTRONS NOT THEIR TYPE OF ELECTRON. Tuesday, October 8, 13 • HIS OIL DROP EXPERIMENT SHOWED THAT EVEN THOUGH THE ATOMS OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTS ARE VERY DIFFERENT, THEIR ELECTRONS ARE IDENTICAL. – AN ELECTRON IS AN ELECTRON – THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT ATOMS IS THEIR NUMBER OF ELECTRONS NOT THEIR TYPE OF ELECTRON. • HE ALSO CALCULATED THAT THE ELECTRON’S MASS IS 9.109x10-31kg Tuesday, October 8, 13 SO FAR WE’VE LEARNED… Tuesday, October 8, 13 SO FAR WE’VE LEARNED… • THOMPSON’S & MILLIKAN’S IDEAS: Tuesday, October 8, 13 SO FAR WE’VE LEARNED… • THOMPSON’S & MILLIKAN’S IDEAS: – ATOMS ARE IN FACT DIVISABLE Tuesday, October 8, 13 SO FAR WE’VE LEARNED… • THOMPSON’S & MILLIKAN’S IDEAS: – ATOMS ARE IN FACT DIVISABLE – ELECTRONS ARE PRESENT IN ATOMS OF ALL ELEM. Tuesday, October 8, 13 SO FAR WE’VE LEARNED… • THOMPSON’S & MILLIKAN’S IDEAS: – ATOMS ARE IN FACT DIVISABLE – ELECTRONS ARE PRESENT IN ATOMS OF ALL ELEM. – ONE OF THE ATOM’S FUNDMNTL PARTICLES IS NEG. CHARGED Tuesday, October 8, 13 SO FAR WE’VE LEARNED… • THOMPSON’S & MILLIKAN’S IDEAS: – ATOMS ARE IN FACT DIVISABLE – ELECTRONS ARE PRESENT IN ATOMS OF ALL ELEM. – ONE OF THE ATOM’S FUNDMNTL PARTICLES IS NEG. CHARGED – ATOMS ARE ELECTRICALLY NEUTRAL, SO THERE MUST BE A (+) CHARGE TO BALANCE OUT THE (–) Tuesday, October 8, 13 SO FAR WE’VE LEARNED… • THOMPSON’S & MILLIKAN’S IDEAS: – ATOMS ARE IN FACT DIVISABLE – ELECTRONS ARE PRESENT IN ATOMS OF ALL ELEM. – ONE OF THE ATOM’S FUNDMNTL PARTICLES IS NEG. CHARGED – ATOMS ARE ELECTRICALLY NEUTRAL, SO THERE MUST BE A (+) CHARGE TO BALANCE OUT THE (–) – BECAUSE ELECTRONS ARE BASICALLY MASSLESS THERE MUST BE SOMETHING ELSE THAT ACCOUNTS FOR THE ATOMS MASS. Tuesday, October 8, 13 OTHER SIGNIFICANT DISCOVERIES… Tuesday, October 8, 13 OTHER SIGNIFICANT DISCOVERIES… • IN 1886, WHEN E. GOLDSTEIN OBSERVED A CATHODE-RAY TUBE AND FOUND RAYS TRAVELLING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF THAT OF THE CATHODE RAYS Tuesday, October 8, 13 OTHER SIGNIFICANT DISCOVERIES… • IN 1886, WHEN E. GOLDSTEIN OBSERVED A CATHODE-RAY TUBE AND FOUND RAYS TRAVELLING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF THAT OF THE CATHODE RAYS – HE CALLED THE RAYS CANAL RAYS AND CONCLUDED THAT THEY WERE COMPOSED OF POS. PARTICLES Tuesday, October 8, 13 OTHER SIGNIFICANT DISCOVERIES… • IN 1886, WHEN E. GOLDSTEIN OBSERVED A CATHODE-RAY TUBE AND FOUND RAYS TRAVELLING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF THAT OF THE CATHODE RAYS – HE CALLED THE RAYS CANAL RAYS AND CONCLUDED THAT THEY WERE COMPOSED OF POS. PARTICLES • IT WAS SOON DISCOVERED THAT THE POSITIVE PARTICLES MASS IS ABOUT 2000 TIMES THAT OF THE ELECTRON Tuesday, October 8, 13 OTHER SIGNIFICANT DISCOVERIES… Tuesday, October 8, 13 OTHER SIGNIFICANT DISCOVERIES… • IN 1932, THE ENGLISH PHYSICIST JAMES CHADWICK CONFIRMED THE EXISTANCE OF YET ANOTHER SUBATOMIC PARTICLE. Tuesday, October 8, 13 OTHER SIGNIFICANT DISCOVERIES… • IN 1932, THE ENGLISH PHYSICIST JAMES CHADWICK CONFIRMED THE EXISTANCE OF YET ANOTHER SUBATOMIC PARTICLE. – THE NEUTRON, WHICH IS A PARTICLE WITH NO CHARGE Tuesday, October 8, 13 OTHER SIGNIFICANT DISCOVERIES… • IN 1932, THE ENGLISH PHYSICIST JAMES CHADWICK CONFIRMED THE EXISTANCE OF YET ANOTHER SUBATOMIC PARTICLE. – THE NEUTRON, WHICH IS A PARTICLE WITH NO CHARGE – HAS A MASS NEARLY EQUAL TO THAT OF THE PROTON Tuesday, October 8, 13 OTHER SIGNIFICANT DISCOVERIES… • IN 1932, THE ENGLISH PHYSICIST JAMES CHADWICK CONFIRMED THE EXISTANCE OF YET ANOTHER SUBATOMIC PARTICLE. – THE NEUTRON, WHICH IS A PARTICLE WITH NO CHARGE – HAS A MASS NEARLY EQUAL TO THAT OF THE PROTON • THEREFORE THE SUBATOMIC PARTICLES ARE THE ELECTRON, PROTON, AND NEUTRON. Tuesday, October 8, 13 electro n proton neutro n Tuesday, October 8, 13 e + p 0 n -1 +1 0 L 0 1 1 (g ) A M A SS U CT A SS M A RE LA TI VE RG E A CH RE LA TI VE L SY M BO PA RT IC LE Properties of Subatomic Particles 9.11x1028 1.67x1024 1.67x1024 THE ATOMIC NUCLEUS Tuesday, October 8, 13 THE ATOMIC NUCLEUS • WHEN SUBATOMIC PARTICLES WERE DISCOVERED, SCIENTISTS WONDERED HOW THESE PARTICLES WERE PUT TOGETHER IN AN ATOM. Tuesday, October 8, 13 THE ATOMIC NUCLEUS • WHEN SUBATOMIC PARTICLES WERE DISCOVERED, SCIENTISTS WONDERED HOW THESE PARTICLES WERE PUT TOGETHER IN AN ATOM. • THIS WAS A DIFFICULT QUESTION TO ANSWER, GIVEN HOW TINY ATOMS ARE. Tuesday, October 8, 13 THE ATOMIC NUCLEUS • WHEN SUBATOMIC PARTICLES WERE DISCOVERED, SCIENTISTS WONDERED HOW THESE PARTICLES WERE PUT TOGETHER IN AN ATOM. • THIS WAS A DIFFICULT QUESTION TO ANSWER, GIVEN HOW TINY ATOMS ARE. • MOST SCIENTISTS THOUGHT IT LIKELY THAT THE ELECTRONS WERE EVENLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT AN ATOM FILLED UNIFORMLY WITH POSITIVELY CHARGED MATERIAL. Tuesday, October 8, 13 ERNEST RUTHERFORD IN 1911, RUTHERFORD PERFORMED ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT INVESTIGATIONS EVER CONCIEVED. Tuesday, October 8, 13 ERNEST RUTHERFORD HOW IS THE ATOM BUILT? IN 1911, RUTHERFORD PERFORMED ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT INVESTIGATIONS EVER CONCIEVED. Tuesday, October 8, 13 RUTHERFORD’S FAMOUS EXPERIMENT Tuesday, October 8, 13 RUTHERFORD’S FAMOUS EXPERIMENT • RUTHERFORD SET OUT TO TEST THE THOMPSON MODEL OF THE ATOM Tuesday, October 8, 13 RUTHERFORD’S FAMOUS EXPERIMENT • RUTHERFORD SET OUT TO TEST THE THOMPSON MODEL OF THE ATOM • THE TEST USED RELATIVELY MASSIVE RADIOACTIVE ALPHA PARTICLES Tuesday, October 8, 13 RUTHERFORD’S FAMOUS EXPERIMENT • RUTHERFORD SET OUT TO TEST THE THOMPSON MODEL OF THE ATOM • THE TEST USED RELATIVELY MASSIVE RADIOACTIVE ALPHA PARTICLES – ALPHA PARTICLES (α) ARE HELIUM ATOMS THAT HAVE LOST THEIR 2 ELECTRONS AND HAVE A DOUBLE POSITIVE CHARGE BECAUSE OF THE 2 REMAINING PROTONS Tuesday, October 8, 13 Tuesday, October 8, 13 • IN THE EXPERIMENT, RUTHERFORD DIRECTED A NARROW BEAM OF ALPHA PARTICLES AT A VERY THIN SHEET OF GOLD FOIL. Tuesday, October 8, 13 • IN THE EXPERIMENT, RUTHERFORD DIRECTED A NARROW BEAM OF ALPHA PARTICLES AT A VERY THIN SHEET OF GOLD FOIL. –ACCORDING TO THE PREVAILING THEORY, THE ALPHA PARTICLES SHOULD HAVE PASSED EASILY THROUGH THE GOLD, WITH ONLY A SLIGHT DEFLECTION DUE TO THE POSITIVE CHARGE THOUGHT TO BE SPREAD OUT IN THE GOLD ATOMS. Tuesday, October 8, 13 Tuesday, October 8, 13 Tuesday, October 8, 13 Tuesday, October 8, 13 WHAT HAPPENED? Tuesday, October 8, 13 WHAT HAPPENED? • THE MAJORITY OF THE α PARTICLES PASSED STRAIGHT THROUGH THE GOLD ATOMS, WITHOUT ANY DEFLECTION Tuesday, October 8, 13 WHAT HAPPENED? • THE MAJORITY OF THE α PARTICLES PASSED STRAIGHT THROUGH THE GOLD ATOMS, WITHOUT ANY DEFLECTION • EVEN MORE SURPRISINGLY, A SMALL FRACTION OF THE α PARTICLES BOUNCED OFF THE GOLD FOIL ATOMS AT VERY LARGE ANGLES Tuesday, October 8, 13 WHAT HAPPENED? • THE MAJORITY OF THE α PARTICLES PASSED STRAIGHT THROUGH THE GOLD ATOMS, WITHOUT ANY DEFLECTION • EVEN MORE SURPRISINGLY, A SMALL FRACTION OF THE α PARTICLES BOUNCED OFF THE GOLD FOIL ATOMS AT VERY LARGE ANGLES • SOME EVEN BOUNCED BACK AT THE SOURCE Tuesday, October 8, 13 Tuesday, October 8, 13 • BASED ON THE RESULTS, RUTHERFORD SUGGESTED A NEW THEORY OF THE ATOM. Tuesday, October 8, 13 • BASED ON THE RESULTS, RUTHERFORD SUGGESTED A NEW THEORY OF THE ATOM. • HE PROPOSED THAT THE ATOM IS MOSTLY EMPTY SPACE Tuesday, October 8, 13 • BASED ON THE RESULTS, RUTHERFORD SUGGESTED A NEW THEORY OF THE ATOM. • HE PROPOSED THAT THE ATOM IS MOSTLY EMPTY SPACE –THIS EXPLAINED THE LACK OF DEFLECTION OF SOME OF THE PARTICLES Tuesday, October 8, 13 • BASED ON THE RESULTS, RUTHERFORD SUGGESTED A NEW THEORY OF THE ATOM. • HE PROPOSED THAT THE ATOM IS MOSTLY EMPTY SPACE –THIS EXPLAINED THE LACK OF DEFLECTION OF SOME OF THE PARTICLES • HE CONCLUDED THAT ALL THE POSITIVE CHARGE AND ALMOST ALL THE MASS IS CONCENTRATED IN A SMALL CORE Tuesday, October 8, 13 • BASED ON THE RESULTS, RUTHERFORD SUGGESTED A NEW THEORY OF THE ATOM. • HE PROPOSED THAT THE ATOM IS MOSTLY EMPTY SPACE –THIS EXPLAINED THE LACK OF DEFLECTION OF SOME OF THE PARTICLES • HE CONCLUDED THAT ALL THE POSITIVE CHARGE AND ALMOST ALL THE MASS IS CONCENTRATED IN A SMALL CORE –HE CALLED THIS REGION THE NUCLEUS Tuesday, October 8, 13 Tuesday, October 8, 13 A LITTLE REVIEW! Tuesday, October 8, 13 A LITTLE REVIEW! • THERE ARE THREE FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLES THAT TOGETHER MAKE UP THE ATOM. Tuesday, October 8, 13 A LITTLE REVIEW! • THERE ARE THREE FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLES THAT TOGETHER MAKE UP THE ATOM. – COMPOSED OF ELECTRONS, PROTONS, AND NEUTRONS Tuesday, October 8, 13 A LITTLE REVIEW! • THERE ARE THREE FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLES THAT TOGETHER MAKE UP THE ATOM. – COMPOSED OF ELECTRONS, PROTONS, AND NEUTRONS • THE PROTONS AND THE NEUTRONS MAKE UP THE CENTER OF THE ATOM Tuesday, October 8, 13 A LITTLE REVIEW! • THERE ARE THREE FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLES THAT TOGETHER MAKE UP THE ATOM. – COMPOSED OF ELECTRONS, PROTONS, AND NEUTRONS • THE PROTONS AND THE NEUTRONS MAKE UP THE CENTER OF THE ATOM – CENTER OF THE ATOM IS CALLED THE NUCLEUS Tuesday, October 8, 13 A LITTLE REVIEW! • THERE ARE THREE FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLES THAT TOGETHER MAKE UP THE ATOM. – COMPOSED OF ELECTRONS, PROTONS, AND NEUTRONS • THE PROTONS AND THE NEUTRONS MAKE UP THE CENTER OF THE ATOM – CENTER OF THE ATOM IS CALLED THE NUCLEUS • THE PROTONS & NEUTRONS OCCUPY THE MASS OF THE ATOM Tuesday, October 8, 13 Tuesday, October 8, 13 • THE ELECTRONS SURROUND THE NUCLEUS AND OCCUPY MOST OF THE ATOM’S VOLUME Tuesday, October 8, 13 • THE ELECTRONS SURROUND THE NUCLEUS AND OCCUPY MOST OF THE ATOM’S VOLUME • HOW, THEN, ARE ATOMS OF HYDROGEN DIFFERENT FROM THOSE OF OXYGEN? Tuesday, October 8, 13 • THE ELECTRONS SURROUND THE NUCLEUS AND OCCUPY MOST OF THE ATOM’S VOLUME • HOW, THEN, ARE ATOMS OF HYDROGEN DIFFERENT FROM THOSE OF OXYGEN? –A SUBATOMIC PARTICLES FROM ONE TYPE OF ATOM LOOKS LIKE PARTICLES FROM OTHER ATOMS Tuesday, October 8, 13 • THE ELECTRONS SURROUND THE NUCLEUS AND OCCUPY MOST OF THE ATOM’S VOLUME • HOW, THEN, ARE ATOMS OF HYDROGEN DIFFERENT FROM THOSE OF OXYGEN? –A SUBATOMIC PARTICLES FROM ONE TYPE OF ATOM LOOKS LIKE PARTICLES FROM OTHER ATOMS electron for H electron for C electron for O Tuesday, October 8, 13 • THE ELECTRONS SURROUND THE NUCLEUS AND OCCUPY MOST OF THE ATOM’S VOLUME • HOW, THEN, ARE ATOMS OF HYDROGEN DIFFERENT FROM THOSE OF OXYGEN? –A SUBATOMIC PARTICLES FROM ONE TYPE OF ATOM LOOKS LIKE PARTICLES FROM OTHER ATOMS electron for H electron for C electron for O Tuesday, October 8, 13 proton from H proton from C proton from O Tuesday, October 8, 13 • IT’S THE NUMBERS OF PROTONS IN AN ATOM THAT MAKES ATOMS DIFFERENT. Tuesday, October 8, 13 • IT’S THE NUMBERS OF PROTONS IN AN ATOM THAT MAKES ATOMS DIFFERENT. –AN OXYGEN ATOM HAS 8 PROTONS IN ITS NUCLEUS Tuesday, October 8, 13 • IT’S THE NUMBERS OF PROTONS IN AN ATOM THAT MAKES ATOMS DIFFERENT. –AN OXYGEN ATOM HAS 8 PROTONS IN ITS NUCLEUS –A HYDROGEN ATOM HAS 1 PROTON IN ITS NUCLEUS Tuesday, October 8, 13 • IT’S THE NUMBERS OF PROTONS IN AN ATOM THAT MAKES ATOMS DIFFERENT. –AN OXYGEN ATOM HAS 8 PROTONS IN ITS NUCLEUS –A HYDROGEN ATOM HAS 1 PROTON IN ITS NUCLEUS • THE ATOMIC NUMBER OF AN ELEMENT IS THE NUMBER OF PROTONS IN THE NUCLEUS OF AN ATOM OF THAT ELEMENT Tuesday, October 8, 13 • IT’S THE NUMBERS OF PROTONS IN AN ATOM THAT MAKES ATOMS DIFFERENT. –AN OXYGEN ATOM HAS 8 PROTONS IN ITS NUCLEUS –A HYDROGEN ATOM HAS 1 PROTON IN ITS NUCLEUS • THE ATOMIC NUMBER OF AN ELEMENT IS THE NUMBER OF PROTONS IN THE NUCLEUS OF AN ATOM OF THAT ELEMENT –SINCE OXYGEN’S NUCLEUS HAS 8 PROTONS ITS ATOMIC # IS 8 Tuesday, October 8, 13 • IT’S THE NUMBERS OF PROTONS IN AN ATOM THAT MAKES ATOMS DIFFERENT. –AN OXYGEN ATOM HAS 8 PROTONS IN ITS NUCLEUS –A HYDROGEN ATOM HAS 1 PROTON IN ITS NUCLEUS • THE ATOMIC NUMBER OF AN ELEMENT IS THE NUMBER OF PROTONS IN THE NUCLEUS OF AN ATOM OF THAT ELEMENT –SINCE OXYGEN’S NUCLEUS HAS 8 PROTONS ITS ATOMIC # IS 8 • THE PROTONS IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF ATOM, THE ONLY ATOM WITH 8 PROTONS IS OXYGEN Tuesday, October 8, 13 Tuesday, October 8, 13 ATOMS OF THE 1ST TEN ATOMS NAME SYMBOL Hydrogen H Helium He Lithium Li Beryllium Be Boron B Carbon C Nitrogen N Oxygen O Fluorine F Neon Ne Tuesday, October 8, 13 ATOMIC # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PROTONS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NEUTRONS 0 2 4 5 6 6 7 8 10 10 MASS # 1 4 7 9 11 12 14 16 19 20 ELECTRONS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Tuesday, October 8, 13 • FOR EACH ELEMENT LISTED, THE NUMBER OF PROTONS EQUALS THE NUMBER OF ELECTRONS Tuesday, October 8, 13 • FOR EACH ELEMENT LISTED, THE NUMBER OF PROTONS EQUALS THE NUMBER OF ELECTRONS –REMEMBER ATOMS ARE ELECTRICALLY NEUTRAL Tuesday, October 8, 13 • FOR EACH ELEMENT LISTED, THE NUMBER OF PROTONS EQUALS THE NUMBER OF ELECTRONS –REMEMBER ATOMS ARE ELECTRICALLY NEUTRAL • IN AN ATOM, THE NUMBER OF ELECTRONS MUST EQUAL THE NUMBER OF PROTONS Tuesday, October 8, 13 • FOR EACH ELEMENT LISTED, THE NUMBER OF PROTONS EQUALS THE NUMBER OF ELECTRONS –REMEMBER ATOMS ARE ELECTRICALLY NEUTRAL • IN AN ATOM, THE NUMBER OF ELECTRONS MUST EQUAL THE NUMBER OF PROTONS • A HYDROGEN ATOM HAS 1 ELECTRN Tuesday, October 8, 13 • FOR EACH ELEMENT LISTED, THE NUMBER OF PROTONS EQUALS THE NUMBER OF ELECTRONS –REMEMBER ATOMS ARE ELECTRICALLY NEUTRAL • IN AN ATOM, THE NUMBER OF ELECTRONS MUST EQUAL THE NUMBER OF PROTONS • A HYDROGEN ATOM HAS 1 ELECTRN • AN OXYGEN ATOM HAS 8 ELECTRNS Tuesday, October 8, 13 • FOR EACH ELEMENT LISTED, THE NUMBER OF PROTONS EQUALS THE NUMBER OF ELECTRONS –REMEMBER ATOMS ARE ELECTRICALLY NEUTRAL • IN AN ATOM, THE NUMBER OF ELECTRONS MUST EQUAL THE NUMBER OF PROTONS • A HYDROGEN ATOM HAS 1 ELECTRN • AN OXYGEN ATOM HAS 8 ELECTRNS • THE MASS OF AN ATOM IS CONCEN. IN ITS NUCLEUS AND DEPENDS ON THE NUMER OF PROTONS AND NEUTRONS Tuesday, October 8, 13 Tuesday, October 8, 13 • THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PROTONS AND NEUTRONS IN AN ATOM IS CALLED THE MASS NUMBER Tuesday, October 8, 13 • THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PROTONS AND NEUTRONS IN AN ATOM IS CALLED THE MASS NUMBER –A CARBON ATOM, WHICH HAS 6 PROTONS AND 6 NEUTRONS, HAS A MASS NUMBER OF 12 Tuesday, October 8, 13 • THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PROTONS AND NEUTRONS IN AN ATOM IS CALLED THE MASS NUMBER –A CARBON ATOM, WHICH HAS 6 PROTONS AND 6 NEUTRONS, HAS A MASS NUMBER OF 12 • IF YOU KNOW THE ATOMIC NUMBER AND MASS NUMBER OF AN ATOM OF ANY ELEMENT, YOU CAN DETERMINE THE ATOM’S COMPOSITION Tuesday, October 8, 13 • THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PROTONS AND NEUTRONS IN AN ATOM IS CALLED THE MASS NUMBER –A CARBON ATOM, WHICH HAS 6 PROTONS AND 6 NEUTRONS, HAS A MASS NUMBER OF 12 • IF YOU KNOW THE ATOMIC NUMBER AND MASS NUMBER OF AN ATOM OF ANY ELEMENT, YOU CAN DETERMINE THE ATOM’S COMPOSITION • THE COMPOSITION OF ANY ATOM CAN BE REPRESENTED IN SHORTHAND NOTATION: Tuesday, October 8, 13 CHEMICAL COMPOSITION SHORTHAND Cl MASS NUMBER 35 ATOMIC NUMBER 17 NUMBER OF PROTONS Tuesday, October 8, 13 CHEMICAL COMPOSITION SHORTHAND # OF PROTONS + # OF NEUTRONS Cl MASS NUMBER 35 ATOMIC NUMBER 17 NUMBER OF PROTONS Tuesday, October 8, 13 Tuesday, October 8, 13 ISOTOPES Tuesday, October 8, 13 ISOTOPES • EVERY CHLORINE ATOM HAS 17 PROTONS, WITHOUT EXCEPTION, Tuesday, October 8, 13 ISOTOPES • EVERY CHLORINE ATOM HAS 17 PROTONS, WITHOUT EXCEPTION, – HOWEVER, NOT EVERY CHLORINE ATOM HAS 18 NEUTRONS. Tuesday, October 8, 13 ISOTOPES • EVERY CHLORINE ATOM HAS 17 PROTONS, WITHOUT EXCEPTION, – HOWEVER, NOT EVERY CHLORINE ATOM HAS 18 NEUTRONS. –ATOMS WITH THE SAME NUMBER OF PROTONS BUT CONTAIN DIFFERENT NUMBERS OF NEUTRONS ARE CALLED ISOTOPES. Tuesday, October 8, 13 ISOTOPES • EVERY CHLORINE ATOM HAS 17 PROTONS, WITHOUT EXCEPTION, – HOWEVER, NOT EVERY CHLORINE ATOM HAS 18 NEUTRONS. –ATOMS WITH THE SAME NUMBER OF PROTONS BUT CONTAIN DIFFERENT NUMBERS OF NEUTRONS ARE CALLED ISOTOPES. • BECAUSE ISOTOPES OF AN ELEMENT HAVE DIFFERENT NUMBERS OF NEUTRONS THEY HAVE DIFFERENT MASS NUMBERS. Tuesday, October 8, 13 BERYLLIUM ISOTOPES proton neutron electron Tuesday, October 8, 13 • ISOTOPES ARE CHEMICALLY ALIKE BECAUSE THEY HAVE IDENTICAL NUMBERS OF PROTONS AND ELECTRONS BERYLLIUM ISOTOPES proton neutron electron Tuesday, October 8, 13 • ISOTOPES ARE CHEMICALLY ALIKE BECAUSE THEY HAVE IDENTICAL NUMBERS OF PROTONS AND ELECTRONS –IT’S THE ELECTRONS AND PROTONS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CHEMICAL BEHAVIOR BERYLLIUM ISOTOPES proton neutron electron Tuesday, October 8, 13 Tuesday, October 8, 13 EXAMPLE OF AN ISOTOPE Cl Cl 35 37 17 17 Tuesday, October 8, 13 EXAMPLE OF AN ISOTOPE ATOMIC MASS Cl Cl 35 37 17 17 Tuesday, October 8, 13 EXAMPLE OF AN ISOTOPE ATOMIC MASS Cl Cl 35 37 17 17 ATOMIC NUMBER Tuesday, October 8, 13 EXAMPLE OF AN ISOTOPE ATOMIC MASS Cl Cl 35 37 17 17 18 NEUTRONS ATOMIC NUMBER Tuesday, October 8, 13 EXAMPLE OF AN ISOTOPE ATOMIC MASS Cl Cl 35 37 17 17 18 NEUTRONS 20 NEUTRONS ATOMIC NUMBER Tuesday, October 8, 13 IONS Tuesday, October 8, 13 IONS • AN ELEMENT’S ATOMS ARE NOT ALWAYS NEUTRAL IN CHARGE. Tuesday, October 8, 13 IONS • AN ELEMENT’S ATOMS ARE NOT ALWAYS NEUTRAL IN CHARGE. – WHEN AN ATOM LOSES OR GAINS ONE OR MORE OF ITS ELECTRONS IT BECOMES ION. Tuesday, October 8, 13 IONS • AN ELEMENT’S ATOMS ARE NOT ALWAYS NEUTRAL IN CHARGE. – WHEN AN ATOM LOSES OR GAINS ONE OR MORE OF ITS ELECTRONS IT BECOMES ION. • AN ION THAT HAS MORE ELECTRONS THAN PROTONS HAS A NEGATIVE ELECTRICAL CHARGE Tuesday, October 8, 13 IONS • AN ELEMENT’S ATOMS ARE NOT ALWAYS NEUTRAL IN CHARGE. – WHEN AN ATOM LOSES OR GAINS ONE OR MORE OF ITS ELECTRONS IT BECOMES ION. • AN ION THAT HAS MORE ELECTRONS THAN PROTONS HAS A NEGATIVE ELECTRICAL CHARGE • AN ION THAT HAS FEWER ELECTRONS THAN PROTONS HAS A POSITIVE ELECTRICAL CHARGE Tuesday, October 8, 13 IONS • AN ELEMENT’S ATOMS ARE NOT ALWAYS NEUTRAL IN CHARGE. – WHEN AN ATOM LOSES OR GAINS ONE OR MORE OF ITS ELECTRONS IT BECOMES ION. • AN ION THAT HAS MORE ELECTRONS THAN PROTONS HAS A NEGATIVE ELECTRICAL CHARGE • AN ION THAT HAS FEWER ELECTRONS THAN PROTONS HAS A POSITIVE ELECTRICAL CHARGE NOTE: IT’S THE PROTONS THAT DEFINE THE TYPE OF ATOM IT IS, BUT THE ELECTRONS DEFINE THE ATOM’S CHARGE. Tuesday, October 8, 13 Tuesday, October 8, 13 SOME ATOMS GAIN ELECTRONS ATOM’S IONIC CHARGE = # PROTONS - # ELECTRONS - - - - O Tuesday, October 8, 13 - - - - - - - - - O-2 - ATOMS, IONS, AND ISOTOPES ATOMS NEUTRAL AND ARE DEFINED BY THE # OF PROTONS IN THEIR NUCLEUS 3 p+ = Li ATOM, ETC. IONS HAVE AN ELECTRICAL CHARGE DETERMINED BY # PROTONS - # ELECTRONS N-2 = 7 p+ - 9 e- ; ETC. ISOTOPES TWO ATOMS WITH THE SAME # OF PROTONS, BUT DIFFERENT #’S OF NEUTRONS OR MASSES CALCIUM-40 & CALCIUM-44 Tuesday, October 8, 13