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KS4 Chemistry. Atomic Structure. Contents. Atomic Structure. Introducing atoms. Atomic number and mass number. Electron configuration. Isotopes. Summary activities. Discovery of atomic structure. Atoms – the building blocks. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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KS4 Chemistry

Atomic Structure

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Atomic Structure

Electron configuration

Summary activities

Isotopes

Introducing atoms

Atomic number and mass number

Contents

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Discovery of atomic structure

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Atoms – the building blocks

All substances are made from very tiny particles called atoms.

John Dalton had ideas about the existence of atoms about 200 years ago but only relatively recently have special microscopes (called electron microscopes) been invented that can ‘see’ atoms.

The yellow blobs in this image are individual gold atoms, as seen through an electron microscope.

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Elements – different types of atom

Elements are the simplest substances. There are about 100 different elements.

Each element is made up of just one particular type of atom, which is different to the atoms in any other element.

Copper is an element made up of copper atoms only.

Carbon is an element made up ofcarbon atoms only.

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How small is an atom?

Atoms are extremely small – they are about 0.00000001 cm wide.

N X3,000,000,000

If a football was enlarged by the same amount it would stretch from the UK to the USA.

To make an atom the size of a football it would have to be enlarged by about 3,000,000,000 times.

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The Amazing Atomic Zoom

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Inside an atom

Where are the electrons and nucleus found in an atom?

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Atomic Structure

Electron configuration

Summary activities

Isotopes

Introducing atoms

Atomic number and mass number

Contents

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How heavy is an atom?

A single grain of sand contains millions of atoms of silicon and oxygen.

Each atom must therefore have an extremely small mass.

millions of these atoms join to form each tiny

grain of sandSi

O

O

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Relative atomic mass

Atoms are so small that their mass is not measured in grams but in atomic mass units.

Relative atomic mass = 12C

The element carbon is the atom that the mass of all other atoms is compared to. Carbon has a RAM of 12.

The atoms of each type of element have a relative atomic mass (RAM).

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Relative atomic mass – examples

The lightest atom is hydrogen. It has 1⁄12 the mass of carbon and so has a RAM of 1.

Mg

Magnesium is twice as heavy as carbon. It has a RAM of 24.

HH H HH H

HH

HH HH

HH H HH H

HH

HH HH C

12 atoms x 1 = 1 atom x 12

CCMg

1 atom x 24 = 2 atoms x 12

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Even smaller particles

For some time people thought that atoms were the smallest particles and could not be broken into anything smaller.

proton

neutron

electron

Scientists now know that atoms are actually made from even smaller subatomic particles. There are three types:

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Where are subatomic particles found?

Protons, neutrons and electrons are NOT evenly distributed in an atom.

The electrons are spread out around the edge of the atom. They orbit the nucleus in layers called shells.

The protons and neutrons exist in a dense core at the centre of the atom. This is called the nucleus.

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The atom: check it out!

Draw a labelled diagram of the atom showing the nucleus and labelling protons, neutrons and electrons.

nucleus

neutron proton

electron

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Particle Mass Charge

proton 1 +1

neutron 1 0

electron almost 0 -1

Properties of subatomic particles

There are two properties of subatomic particles that are especially important:

1. Mass

2. Electrical charge

The atoms of an element contain equal numbers of protons and electrons and so have no overall charge.

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How many protons?

The atoms of any particular element always contain the same number of protons. For example:

The number of protons in an atom is known as its atomic numberor proton number.

It is the smaller of the two numbers shown in most periodic tables.

hydrogen atoms always contain 1 proton;

carbon atoms always contain 6 protons;

magnesium atoms always contain 12 protons,

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What’s the atomic number?

What are the atomic numbers of these elements?

11

sodium

26

iron

50

tin

9

fluorine

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More about atomic number

Each element has a definite and fixed number of protons. If the number of protons changes, then the atom becomes a different element.

Changes in the number of particles in the nucleus (protons or neutrons) is very rare. It only takes place in nuclear processes such as:

radioactive decay; nuclear bombs; nuclear reactors.

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Atom Protons Neutrons Mass number

hydrogen 1 0 1

lithium 3 4 7

aluminium 13 14 27

Mass number

Electrons have a mass of almost zero, which means that the mass of each atom results almost entirely from the number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus.

The sum of the protons and neutrons in an atom’s nucleus is the mass number. It is the larger of the two numbers shown in most periodic tables.

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What’s the mass number?

What is the mass number of these atoms?

73

59

64

4

Mass number = number of protons + number of neutrons

Atom Protons Neutrons Mass number

helium 2 2

copper 29 35

cobalt 27 32

iodine 53 74

germanium 32 41

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How many neutrons?

How many neutrons are there in these atoms?

AtomMass number

Atomic number

Number of neutrons

helium 4 2

fluorine 19 9

strontium 88 38

zirconium 91 40

uranium 238 92

51

146

50

10

2

Number of neutrons = mass number - number of protons= mass number - atomic number

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Building a nucleus

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Atomic Structure

Electron configuration

Summary activities

Isotopes

Introducing atoms

Atomic number and mass number

Contents

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Atom Protons Neutrons Electrons

helium 2 2 2

copper 29 35 29

iodine 53 74 53

How many electrons?

Atoms have no overall electrical charge and are neutral. This means atoms must have an equal number of protons and electrons.

The number of electrons is therefore the same as the atomic number.

Atomic number is defined as the number of protons rather than the number of electrons because atoms can lose or gain electrons but do not normally lose or gain protons.

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Atom Protons Neutrons Electrons Atomicnumber

Massnumber

boron 5 6

potassium 19 20

chromium 24 28

mercury 80 121

argon 18 22

Calculating the number of electrons

5

19

18

24

80

5

19

18

24

80

11

39

40

52

201

What are the missing numbers?

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How are electrons arranged?

Electrons are not evenly spread but exist in layers called shells.

3rd shell

2nd shell

1st shell

The arrangement of electrons in these shells is often called the electron configuration..

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How many electrons per shell?

Each shell has a maximum number of electrons that it can hold. Electrons will fill the shells nearest the nucleus first.

3rd shell holdsa maximum of

8 electrons

2nd shell holdsa maximum of

8 electrons

1st shell holdsa maximum of

2 electrons

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Calculating electron configurations

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Properties of the nucleus and electrons

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Thinly spread around the outsideof the atom.

Very small and light. Negatively charged. Found orbiting the nucleus in layers called shells. Able to be lost or gained in chemical reactions.

Summary: the atom so far

The nucleus is:

Electrons are:

Dense – it contains nearly all the mass of the atom in a tiny space.

Made up of protons and neutrons. Positively charged because of the

protons.

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Atomic Structure

Electron configuration

Summary activities

Isotopes

Introducing atoms

Atomic number and mass number

Contents

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What is an isotope?

Elements consist of one type of atom, but sometimes these atoms can be slightly different.

mass number is different

atomic number is the same

Atoms that differ in this way are called isotopes.

Although atoms of the same element always have the same number of protons, they may have different numbers of neutrons.

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Properties of isotopes

The isotopes of an element are virtually identical in their chemical reactions.

The uncharged neutrons make no difference to chemical properties but do affect physical properties such as melting point and density.

Natural samples of elements are often a mixture of isotopes.

This is because they have the same number of protons and the same number of electrons.

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Isotopes of carbon

Most naturally-occurring carbon exists as carbon-12, about 1% is carbon-13 and a much smaller amount is carbon-14.

6 protons

6 neutrons

7 electrons

6 protons

6 neutrons

8 electrons

6 protons

6 neutrons

6 electrons

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Isotopes of hydrogen

Hydrogen-1 makes up the vast majority of the naturally-occurring element but two other isotopes exist.

hydrogen deuterium tritium

1 proton

0 neutrons

1 electron

1 proton

1 neutron

1 electron

1 proton

2 neutrons

1 electron

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Isotopes of chlorine

About 75% of naturally-occurring chlorine is chlorine-35 and 25% is chlorine-37.

17 protons

18 neutrons

17 electrons

17 protons

20 neutrons

17 electrons

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What are the particle

numbers in each isotope?

10

8

8

8

8

8

oxygen-16 oxygen-18

protons

neutrons

electrons

Isotopes of oxygen

Almost all of naturally-occurring oxygen is oxygen-16 but about 0.2% is oxygen-18.

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Isotopes and RAM

Many elements are a mixture of isotopes. The RAM given in the periodic table takes account of this.

For example, chlorine exists as two isotopes:chlorine-35 (75%) and chlorine-37 (25%).

To calculate the RAM of a mixture of isotopes, multiply the percentage of each isotope by its

atomic mass and add them together.

= (0.75 x 35) + (0.25 x 37)

= 26.25 + 9.25

= 35.5

RAM of chlorine = (75% x 35) + (25% x 37)

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Calculating RAM

Bromine contains 50.5% bromine-79 and 49.5% bromine-81.

= (0.505 x 79) + (0.495 x 81)

= 39.895 + 40.095

= 79.99

= 80 (the RAM is usually rounded to the nearest whole number)

RAM of bromine = (50.5% x 79) + (49.5% x 81)

What is the RAM of naturally-occurring bromine?

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Summarizing atomic structure

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Atomic structure word check

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Atomic Structure

Electron configuration

Summary activities

Isotopes

Introducing atoms

Atomic number and mass number

Contents

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Glossary (part 1)

atom – The smallest particle that can exist on its own.

atomic number – The number of protons in the nucleus of an element, also known as the proton number.

electron – Negative particle that orbits the nucleus of an atom.

element – Substance made up of only one type of atom.

isotopes – Different atoms of the same element. They have the same number of protons and electrons, but a different

number of neutrons.

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Glossary (part 2)

nucleus – The dense positive centre of an atom, made up of protons and neutrons.

neutron – A neutral particle, with a mass of 1. It is found in the nucleus of an atom.

mass number – The number of protons and neutrons in an atom.

proton – A positive particle, with a mass of 1. It is found in the nucleus of an atom.

relative atomic mass (RAM) – The mass of an element compared to the mass of 1⁄12 of the mass of carbon-12.

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Anagrams

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Atomic structure word search

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Properties of subatomic particles

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Multiple-choice quiz