INTRODUCTION TO INORGANIC CHEMISTRY: THE PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS Flashcards
DALTON’S ATOMIC THEORY
- All matter consists of atoms; tiny indivisible particles of an element that cannot be created or destroyed.
- Atoms of one element cannot be converted into atoms of another element.
- Atoms of an element are identical in mass and other properties and are different from the atoms of any other element.
- Compounds result from the chemical combination of a specific ratio of atoms of different elements.
ATOMIC STRUCTURE
- Positively charged nucleus
- Negatively charged electrons
(very dense,protons and neutrons) and small (10-15 m)
Positively charged nucleus
are in a cloud (10-10 m) around nucleus
Negatively charged electrons
It is impossible to know simultaneously both the momentum (mass times velocity) and the position of a particle with certainty.
Werner Heisenberg
Region of space where electron is most likely found.
ATOMIC ORBITALS
Four different kinds of orbitals for electrons:
- s orbitals
- p orbitals
- d orbitals
- center f orbitals
spherical, nucleus at center
s orbitals
dumbbell-shaped, nucleus at middle
p orbitals
elongated dumbbell-shaped, nucleus at center
d orbitals
complex, nucleus at the center
f orbitals
- Orbitals are grouped in shells of increasing size and energy
- Different shells contain different numbers and kinds of orbitals
- Each orbital can be occupied by two electrons
ORBITALS AND SHELLS
are grouped in shells of increasing size and energy
Orbitals
contain different numbers and kinds of orbitals
Different shells
Each _________ can be occupied by two electrons
orbital
(capacity - 18 electrons)
3rd shell
(capacity - 8 electrons)
2nd shell
(capacity—2 electrons)
1st shell
“Distribution of electrons”
- Describes the number and arrangement of electrons in orbitals, subshells and shells in an atom.
ELECTRON CONFIGURATION
- Numbers used to give information about the location of an electron in an atom with respect to its energy level, sublevel, orbital, and spin.
- Every electron has a set of four quantum numbers.
QUANTUM NUMBERS
Numbers used to give information about the location of an electron in an atom with respect to its _________________________
energy level, sublevel, orbital, and spin.