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period
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horizontol row in the periodic table
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group
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vertical column in the periodic table
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periodic law
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repetition of properties occurs when elements are arranged in order of increasing atomic number
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metal
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a type of element that is a good condustor of heat and electric current
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transition metal
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type of element chracterized by the presence of electrons in the d orbital
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atomic radius
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one-half the distance between the nuclei of two atoms when the atoms are joined
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cation
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type of ion formed by group 2A elements
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electrons
Definition
subatomic particles that are transferred to form positive and negative ions
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electronegativity
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ability of an atom to attract electrons when the atom is in a compound
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ionization energy
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energy required to remove an electron from an atom
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representative elements
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group A elements
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transition metal
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group c elements
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each period in the periodic table corresponds to
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a principal quantam level.
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the modern periodic table is arranged in order of increasing atomic
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number
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what does the number 84 in the name krypton-84 represent?
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the mass number
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all atoms of the same element have the same
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number of protons
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democritus
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the first to suggest the idea of atoms
460b.c-370b.c
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millikan
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conducted the first experiments to determine the quantity of charge carried by an electron
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isotopes of the same element have different
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numbers of electrons
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how do the isotopes hydrogen-1 and hydrogen-2 differ?
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hydrogen-2 has one neutron, hydrogen-1 has none
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Dalton's theory
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all elements are composed of atoms; atoms that combine do so in simple, whole number ratios; atoms of the same element are identical.
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what model of the atom is thought to be true?
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electrons are distributed around the nucleus and occupy almost all the volume of the atom
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all atoms are
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neutral, with the number of protons equaling the number of electrons, which is equal to the number of neutrons
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the smallest particle of an element that retains the properties of that element is an
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atom
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the sum of the protons and neutrons in an atom equals the
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mass number
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how is the number of neutrons in the nucleus of an atom calculated?
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subtract the number of protons from the mass number
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isotope
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atoms with the same number of protons, but different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus of an atom
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mass number
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the total number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom
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atomic mass
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the weighted average of the masses of the isotopes of an element
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atomic mass unit
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1/12 the mass of a carbon atom having six protons and six neutrons
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atomic number
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the number of protons in the nucleus of an element
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neutron
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a subatomic particle with no charge
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nucleus
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the central part of an atom, containing protons and neutrons
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proton
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a positivly charged subatomic particle
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atom
Definition
the smallest particle of an element that retains the properties of that element
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electron
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a negatively charged subatomic particle
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AMU
Definition
unit to measure weighted average atomic mass
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what is the relative mass of an electron?
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1/1840 the mass of a hydrogen atom
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atomic number
Definition
the total number of protons in an element
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what is another name for a homogenous mixture?
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