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Introduction to Atoms Chapter 4

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Introduction to Atoms

Chapter 4

Democritus

• Greek Philosopher• “uncutable particle”• Named the atom from

the Greek word Atomos • Atoms are small, hard, different

shapes and sizes, always moving and join together

Aristotle

• Greek philosopher

• Disagreed with Democritus

• Strong influence

Dalton• British Chemist 1766• Elements combine in specific proportions

because they are made of individual atoms

• He observed that no matter how large or small the sample, the ratio of the masses of the elements in the compound is always the same.

• Compounds have a fixed position

Dalton’s Theory

• Dalton proposed the theory that all matter is made up of individual particles called atoms, which cannot be divided.

Main Points of Dalton’s Theory

• All elements are composed of atoms• All atoms of the same element have the

same mass, and atoms of different elements have a different masses.

• Compounds contain atoms of more than one element.

• In a particular compound, atoms of different elements always combine in the same way

What did Dalton notice that all compounds have in common?

• Dalton noticed that the ratio of masses of elements in a

compound is always the same!

Objects with like charges repel, or push apart.

• Objects with opposite charges attract, or pull together.

Thomson’s Experiments• He used a sealed tube of gas

in his experiments. – When the current was on,

the disks became charged and glowing beam appeared in the tube.

– The beam bent toward a positively charged plate placed outside the tube.

• He concluded that the particles in the beam had a negative charge because they were attracted to the positive plate.

• Thomson’s experiments provided the first evidence that atoms are made of even smaller particles

Thomson’s Model

• Thomson found a negative charge, but knew that atoms were neutral.

• Atoms must contain a positive charge as well.

• The negative charges were evenly scattered throughout an atom filled with a positively charged mass of matter.

• Plum Pudding Model

Rutherford’s Atomic Theory(1871-1937)

• He hypothesized that the mass and charge at any location in the gold would be too small to change the path of an alpha particle (positive charge).

• When the gold foil experiment was done more particles were deflected and bounced straight back, as though they had struck an object.

• The alpha particles must have come close to another charged particle

• Rutherford concluded that the positive charge of an atom is not evenly spread through the atom.

• It is concentrated in a very small, central area called the nucleus.

• According to Rutherford’s model, all of an atom’s positive charge is concentrated in its nucleus.

Bohr

• Danish scientist

• Discovered electrons travel around nucleus in definite paths

• Located in levels around nucleus

• Electrons can jump from one level to another

Schrodinger and Heisenberg

• Modern theory

• Electron clouds surround nucleus

• Electrons do not travel in definite paths

• Movement cannot be predicted

Chapter 4 Section 2

Atom Structure

Nucleus

• A dense, positively charged mass located at the center of the atom

• New Model: All of an atom’s positive charge is concentrated in its nucleus.

Properties of subatomic particles

• 1. Protons

• 2. Electrons

• 3. Neutrons

electron

neutron

proton

Protons

• Positively charged subatomic particle that is found in the nucleus of an atom

• Charge of 1+

Electron

• A negatively charged subatomic particle that is found in the space outside the nucleus

• Charge of 1-

Neutrons

• Neutral subatomic particle that is found in the nucleus of an atom

• Mass almost exactly equal to that of a proton

Subatomic particles

• Distinguished by their mass, charge and location in the atom

Atomic Number

• Atoms of any element have the same number of protons

• Atomic number = number of protons in an atom of that element

• Ex: Hydrogen has 1 proton, atomic number is 1

Mass Number

• Sum of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom

• Number of neutrons = Mass number – Atomic Number

Isotopes

• Every atom of a given element has the same number of protons and electrons, but every element does not have the same number of neutrons.

• Isotopes – have same atomic number, but different mass numbers because they have different number of neutrons

Isotopes

• Atoms that have the same number of protons but have a different number of neutrons

• Atoms that are isotopes of each other are always the same element because the number of protons in each atom is the same

Bohr’s Model of the Atom

• Focused on Electrons that move with constant speed in fixed orbits around the nucleus

• Electrons can change energy levels when the atom gains or loses energy

Electron Cloud Model

• Visual model used to find the locations for electrons

Energy levels, orbitals and Electrons

Energy Level # of Orbitals Maximum # of Electrons

1 1 2

2 4 8

3 9 18

4 16 32

Forces that Work in Atoms

• * Gravity

• * Electromagnetic Force

• * Strong Force

• * Weak Force