1. Atoms: The Building Blocks of Matter
Chapter 3
Atoms: The Building Blocks of Matter

3. Democritus – (460-370 BC) Atom – “indivisible” part of matter
Matter can only be divided into smaller parts a limited number of times until you reach the essence of what that matter is.

4. Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794) – “Father of Modern Chemistry”
Law of the Conservation of Mass – Matter cannot be created or destroyed in a chemical reaction. (1789)

5. Joseph Proust ( )
The Law of Definite Proportions – a chemical compound contains the same elements in exactly the same proportions regardless of the sample size.
NaCl is always 39.34%Na and 60.66%Cl
H2O is always 11.11%H and 88.89%O

6. John Dalton ( )
The Law of Multiple Proportions – If two or more 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.

7. Dalton proposed but couldn’t prove:
Reacting gases and products combine in ratios of small whole numbers. J.L. Gay-Lussac.
Equal volumes of gases, under the same conditions of temperature and pressure, have the same number of molecules. Amedeo Avogadro.

8. Dalton’s Atomic Theory (1808)
All matter is composed of small particles called atoms.
Atoms of the same element are exactly alike, atoms of different elements are different.
Atoms cannot be subdivided, created or destroyed.
Atoms of different elements combine in simple whole number ratios to form compounds.
In chemical reactions, atoms are simply combined, separated or rearranged.

9. Atomic Structure
Atom – smallest particle of an element that still has the properties of that element.
Nucleus – very small, very dense central portion of the atom where protons and neutrons are located.
Electron Cloud – area surrounding the nucleus where electrons are located.

10. “Discovery” of the Electron
JJ Thomson – (1897) – “found” small negatively charged particles in the beam of a cathode ray tube and called the “corpuscles”. (We call them electrons)
He also modified a CRT and found small positive particles (protons)

11. Robert Millikan – (1909) – Oil Drop Experiment
Found the charge to mass ratio of an electron.
From that calculated the mass of an electron.
Me- = 9.109x10-31Kg

12. Ernest Rutherford – (1911) – Gold Foil Experiment – “discovery” of the Nucleus
Rutherford led the experiment with the assistance of Hans Geiger and Ernest Marsden

13. Walter Bothe (1930) & James Chadwick (1932) – “discover” Neutron
In the 1930s, Bothe found that the radiation emitted by beryllium when it is bombarded with alpha particles was a new form of penetrating high energy radiation, which was later shown by Chadwick to be neutrons.

14. Atomic Model Development
Dalton’s Model
Rutherford’s Model
Thomson’s Plum Pudding Model
Quantum Model
Bohr’s Model (next chapter)

15. Subatomic Particle Size
Charge
Mass #
Relative Mass (amu)
Actual Mass (Kg)
Electron -1
9.109x10-31
Proton +1 1
1.673x10-27
Neutron
1.675x10-27

16. Subatomic Particle Size
Charge
Mass #
Relative Mass (amu)
Actual Mass (Kg)
Electron -1
9.109x10-31
Proton +1 1
1.673x10-27
Neutron
1.675x10-27
1836 electrons
equal
1 proton

17. Counting Atomic Particles
Atomic Number (Z) – the number of protons
Mass Number (A) – the total number of protons and neutrons
Number of Neutrons = A - Z

18. Isotopes – atoms of the same element that differ in mass due to a different number of neutrons
Nuclide – general term for a specific isotope of an element
Carbon – 12
Carbon – 14
Nuclear Symbol

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20. Atomic Mass Units – amu- 1/12 the mass of the carbon-12 atom.
Used because atomic masses are so small in Kg and g.
1 atom of Oxygen-16 = 2.657x10-23g or
amu

23. Mole – amount of a substance that contains the same number of particles as 12 g of carbon-12
Avogadro’s Number – the number of particles in one mole of a substance – 6.022x1023
Units can be – atoms/mol or molecules/mol or particles/mol
A mole is like a dozen (12) or a gross (144) only it is a mole (6.022x1023)
Size of Avogadro ?

24. Molar Mass – mass in grams of one mole of a pure substance.
Numerically equal to the average atomic mass
Atomic Mass (amu)
Molar Mass (g)
Carbon
Iron
55.845

25. Conversions grams – moles - atoms
6.022 x 1023 Atoms of each
its a mole of each

26. Example: How many moles are in 22 grams of copper metal?

27. grams to moles moles to atoms
Example: How many atoms are in 22 grams of copper metal?
grams to moles
moles to atoms

28. Homework
Pages 89-90
Numbers 2,4,6,8,11,15,17,18,19,21,22,23