Atomic structure and the periodic table Flashcards
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what are atoms?
make up all substances and are the smallest part of an element that can exist
what are compounds?
a substance made of two or more elements chemically bonded together
what is an element?
a substance made up of one type of atom only
what is a mixture?
two different substances that are not chemically bonded together
how can mixtures be separated?
filtration, crystallisation, distillation, chromatography
what does soluble mean?
a substance that can dissolve in a liquid
what is a solute?
a solid which can dissolve
what does insoluble mean?
a substance that cannot dissolve in a liquid
what is a solution?
what is made up when a solid has dissolved in a liquid
radius of a nucleus
1 x 10 -14 m
relative mass of a proton
1
relative mass of a neutron
1
relative mass of an electron
very small
relative charge of a proton
+1
relative charge of a neutron
0
relative charge of an electron
-1
why do atoms have no charge?
same number of protons and electrons
same size charge - cancels out
radius of an atom
1 x 10 -10 m
what does the top number on periodic table mean?
mass number
what does the bottom number on an element mean?
atomic number
how do you calculate the number of neutrons?
mass number - atomic number
how do you calculate the number of protons
atomic number
how do you calculate the number of electrons
atomic number
what makes atoms an element?
same number of protons in all