Basic Chemistry for Rusty Scientists. Matter Stuff solids liquids gases.

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Basic Chemistry for Rusty Scientists

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Energy Most text definitions are along the lines of: Energy is the ability to do work!??????? Energy causes change??? The fact is, no one can simply define what Energy is! Really! Energy is a property or characteristic (or trait or aspect?) of matter that makes things happen, or, in the case of stored or potential energy, has the "potential" to make things happen.

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Basic Chemistry for Rusty Scientists 

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Matter

• Stuffsolids

liquids

gases

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Energy         Most text definitions are along the lines of:

Energy is the ability to do work!???????

Energy causes change???

The fact is, no one can simply define what Energy is! Really! 

 Energy is a property or characteristic (or trait or aspect?) of matter that makes things happen, or, in the case of stored or potential energy, has the "potential" to make things happen.

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Atoms

•  Atoms : the characteristic particle of an element and the basic building block of all matter. 

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Molecules•  Molecules: the fundamental unit of an 

element or compound. 

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Elements

• Pure substances composed of only one type of particle

• ie atoms.• There are about 90 naturally occurring elements.

• T Lereh Periodic table

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Elements

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Compounds

• Pure substances composed of 2 or more elements

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Some molecules of compounds

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Mixtures

• Substances composed of a variety of elements and/or compounds

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Two significant mixtures

The Air: – nitrogen –  oxygen – carbon dioxide – nitrous oxide – sulphur dioxide– etc, etc 

Sea Water:• water• oxygen• carbon dioxide• sodium chloride• magnesium chloride• sodium sulphate • etc, etc

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Covalent bonding

Shared outer electrons shared equally

Shared outer electrons shared un equally results in a polar molecule

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Ionic bondingSome atoms tend to gain electrons from other atoms gaining a slight –ve charge -  negative ions Other atoms tend to lose electrons to other atoms  losing a slight –ve charge results in a  – positive ions

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Water is a polar molecule 

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Water is a polar molecule Bonds between hydrogen and oxygen within the one molecule are polar 

covalent bonds

Bonds between hydrogen of one molecule and oxygen of another molecule due to the difference of electrical charge are called hydrogen bonds.

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Because of its polarity and wedge shape water molecules are particularly good at breaking up the ionic bonds of many substances