1. Early Ideas about Matter

2. atom u The smallest piece of the element with all the chemical properties of the element u an old and new idea

3. Greeks u Discontinuists –Democritus u Continuists –Aristotle

4. Discontinuists u Democritus u Believed there was a smallest piece u “atomos” = indivisible

5. Continuists u Continuists thought there was no “smallest piece” u they believed a bar of gold, for example, could be cut into smaller pieces forever

6. Aristotle’s ideas u There are four elements –earth, air, fire, and water u all matter is composed of these four elements in different proportions

7. The Alchemists u Tried to turn lead into gold –put more fire into it –the “medicine stone” would “cure” the Pb u developed many lab techniques and apparatus

8. The Renaissance u A new approach to science u experiment to test if the hypothesis is true u many of Aristotle’s ideas were shown to be wrong

9. Law of Conservation of Mass u Lavoisier> France, 1790’s u Matter (or mass) is neither created nor destroyed in an ordinary chemical reaction

10. Lavoisier did three important things: 1. brought in an entire new language for chemistry 2. established the correct identity of the elements and distinguished them from compounds, showing that those are combinations of elements 3. introduced the art of precise measurements. u He turned chemistry into a physical science and can properly regarded as the father of modern chemistry.

11. Law of Definite Proportions u In a given compound, elements are always combined in the same proportion by mass. u Ex: H 2 O is always 11% H, 89% O by mass.

12. Dalton’s Atomic Theory u All matter is composed of atoms –atoms are indestructible –“billiard ball” model u In a chemical reaction, atoms are rearranged –conservation of mass

13. u All atoms of the same element are identical u Atoms of one element are different from the atoms of any other element –elements could be identified and distinguished from each other

14. u Atoms combine to form compounds in small whole number ratios. –Ex: could be XY, X 2 Y, XY 2, etc, but never X 1 1 / 2 Y

15. What came next? u 49 new elements were discovered between 1801 - 1900 u new particles were discovered –alpha, beta, gamma - radiation –particles smaller than atoms

16. u 1897: JJ Thomson discovered electrons –smaller than atoms –negatively charged t Robert Millikan –problem with Dalton’s model u 1914 Rutherford’s Gold Foil Experiment –nuclear model of atom u http://www.shsu.edu/~chm_tgc/sounds/pushmovies/ http://www.shsu.edu/~chm_tgc/sounds/pushmovies/

17. Gold Foil experiment setup

18. Gold Foil Experiment - results http://www.chemsoc.org/timeline/pages/1911.html

19. The repulsive force between the positively charged nucleus and positive alpha particles caused the deflections.

20. Modern atom u Nucleus –in geometric center of the atom –very small and dense –nearly all of the atom’s mass –gives the atom its identity –protons (+) and neutrons –Nucleus held together by the “strong force”

21. u Electron cloud –gives the atom its size –mostly empty space –electrons –electrons do not “orbit” like planets; more like bees/beehive

22. Summary of the subatomic particles

23. Summary of the subatomic particles particle where? Mass who?

24. Atomic Number u the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom u gives the atom it’s identity u also, equal to the number of electrons in a neutral atom

25. Mass Number u Equal to the number of protons plus the number of neutrons in the nucleus of an atom u #n o = mass # - atomic #

26. Important note! u The atomic number of an element is on the periodic table, but the mass number is usually not! u The location of the numbers on the periodic table is at the printer’s discretion

27. u The good news: –all atoms of the same element have the same atomic number u The bad news: –not all atoms of the same element have the same mass number u What is different? –The number of neutrons

28. isotopes u Atoms of the same element with different mass numbers –different numbers of neutrons u different versions of the same element u no difference in chemical properties u only fundamental difference is in mass

29. Isotope symbols u The elements symbol, plus... u the mass number is written in the upper left corner u the atomic number is written in the lower left corner

30. u When writing out the name of an isotope, the number following the element name is the mass number of the isotope u Compare carbon-12, carbon-13, and carbon-14 u each have the same number of protons, but a different number of neutrons

31. Examples of isotope symbols u 12 C6p + 6n o 6 u 13 C6p + 7n o 6 u 14 C6p + 8n o 6

32. Isotopes and Mass Number

33. Ions u An atom that is no longer neutral – #p + ≠ #e - u No change in the nucleus, so the same element, but now with a + or - charge

34. How does an atom become an ion? u The atom either gains or loses electrons u The nucleus is not directly involved in ionization –The term used when a neutral atom becomes an ion u The number of protons does not change

35. How does an atom become an ion? u If the atom gains electrons, it becomes negatively charged u Ex: If a sulfur atom, with it’s 16 protons and 16 electrons gains two electrons… u It now has a charge of (+16) + (-18) = -2

36. How does an atom become an ion? u If the atom loses electrons, it becomes positively charged u Ex: If an aluminum atom, with it’s 13 protons and 13 electrons loses three electrons… u It now has a charge of (+13) + (-10) = +3

37. anions u Atoms that have gained one or more electrons u Become negative (-) ions u Usually nonmetals

38. cations u Atoms that have lost one or more electrons u Become positive (+) ions u Usually the metals