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The Atom
Pg. 29
Early Theories
• There was no experimentation• Democritus- atoms are solid,
homogeneous, indestructible, and indivisible
• Aristotle- believed everything was made of either fire, water, earth, or air.
• John Dalton- all matter composed of atoms; all atoms of one element are identical; atoms can’t be created or destroyed (actually used experiments)
Evolution of the Atomic Theory• The electron- discovered by JJ Thomson using
a cathode ray tube; Robert Millikan discovered the negative charge
• JJ Thomson came up with the plum pudding model. An atom was a mass ( pudding) with electrons scattered throughout (plums)
• Ernest Rutherford discovered the nucleus using the gold foil experiment; said atom is mostly empty space with dense positive nucleus in the middle
Evolution of the atomic theory
• Rutherford did more experiments and concluded the proton was in the nucleus
• James Chadwick- discovered a neutral particle in the nucleus called the neutron
• Atom- smallest particle of an element that still retains that elements properties
BEHOLD! An atom is born• Atom is spherical with a lot of empty space
where electrons (with little mass) exist. • In the middle, there is a small dense
nucleus (contains most the mass)that contains positively charged protons and neutral neutrons
Atomic Number
• The periodic table can be used to find the number of protons, electrons, and neutrons.
• The atomic number of an element (labeled Z) tells you how many protons there are.
• On the periodic table, the elements are listed as neutral elements so the number of electrons=the number of protons.
Z
Calculating # of neutrons
• The mass number (labeled A) is the number of neutrons + protons.
• Mass number=atomic mass rounded to the nearest whole number
• The atomic mass is located under the element symbol.
• You can find the number of neutron by subtracting the Atomic number (Z) from the Mass number (A)
• A-Z = # of neutrons
Shorthand notation
• There is a way to represent atomic mass and number
• Steps:– 1-start with the element symbol– 2- place the mass number on the top left side of
the symbol– 3-place the atomic number on the bottom left side of
the symbol
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