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Ch 4 Review
CHAPTER FOUR
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Chemistry
10th Grade
09/09/2008

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atom
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the smallest particle of an element that retains the individual properties of that element
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atoms make up___ which makes up _____ which makes up _____
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element, compound, everything
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Democritus
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greek philosopher that believed that all matter was composed of tiny particles he called 'atomos' from elements. CAME UP WITH NAME FOR ATOMS, FIRST TO RECOGNIZE
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atomos means
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indivisible
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2 laws helped Dalton develop atomic theory?
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1780's Lavosisier's Law of Conservation
1799 Prousti's Law of constant composition
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Lavoisier's Law of conservation of Matter
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during chem. and physical changes, mass of reactants=mass of products
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Prousti's Law of Constant Compostition
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given compound always contains the same elements in the same proportions by mass. Ex. H2O, H2O2
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Postulates of Dalton's atomic theory
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-all matter is made of atoms. Atoms are indivisible and indestructable
-All atoms of a given element are identical in mass and properties and different from those atoms
-compounds are formed by a combo of two or more different kinds of atoms
-A chem. reaction is a rearrangement of atoms(nothing new)
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2 of dalton's theory innacurrate
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-atoms are not indestructable (a-bomb)
-atoms of an element can differ by # of nuetrons (isotopes)
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Michael Faraday
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suggested the structure of atom is related to electricity- noticed some atoms attracted pieces of dust, the attraction is from static electricity
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if something in the world is neutral then its probably made up of
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equal number of positive and negative charges
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Cathode Rays
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Crookes credited for discovery:
discovered electron
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Becquerel and the curies studied
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radioactivity- b. discovered by placing U ore sample under piece of unexposed photographic film, left blurryness- atoms must be made of one or more particles
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