Chapter 3: Atoms: The Building Blocks of Matter

The Law of Conservation of Mass

mass is neither created nor destroyed during ordinary chemical reactions or physical changes

The Law of Definite Proportions

a chemical compound contains the same elements in exactly the same proportions by mass regardless of the size of the sample or source of the compound

Law of Multiple Proportions

If two or more different compounds are composed of the same two elements, then the ratio of the masses of the second element combined with a certain mass of the first element is always a ratio of small whole numbers

Atom

the smallest particle of an element that retains the chemical properties of that element

Protons

positively charged particles

Neutrons

neutral particles

Electrons

negatively charged particles
they occupy the large region around the nucleus

Subatomic particles

protons, neutrons, and electrons

Nucleus

very small region located at the center of an atom

Alpha particles

positively charged particles with about four times the mass of a hydrogen atom

cathode-ray tubes (p.72)
Plum Pudding Model (p.73)
Rutherford etc.
hyphen notation (p.79)
nuclear symbol (p.79)

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Nuclear forces

short-range proton-neutron, proton-proton, and neutron-neutron forces hold the nuclear particles together

Atomic Number

(Z) the number of protons of each atom of that element

Mole (mol)

the amount of a substance that contains as many particles as there are atoms in exactly 12 g of carbon-12

Isotopes

atoms of the same elements that have different masses. they have the same number of protons and electrons but different number of neutrons. they have different masses but they do not differ significantly in their chemical behavior.

protium
deuterium
tritium

three types of hydrogen atoms are known... (p.78)

Mass Number

the total number of protons and neutrons that make up the nucleus of an isotope

Nuclide

a general term for a specific isotope of an element

atomic mass unit (amu) (p.80)

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Average atomic mass

weighted average of the atomic masses of the naturally occurring isotopes of an element (usually rounded to two decimal places before it is used in a calculation)

Avogadro's number

the number of particles in exactly one mole of a pure substance
6.022 x 10��

Molar Mass

the mass of one mole of a pure substance
units = g/mol