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CHEM chapter 2
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Chemistry
10th Grade
09/29/2011

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NAME THAT MAN:
Democritus
Definition
theorized that matter is composed of small particles
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Franklin
Definition
assigned the concepts of positive and negative and to electric charges
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Dalton
Definition
proposed the atomic theory:
1.all matter is composed of atoms
2. all atoms of a GIVEN ELEMENT are identical
3. compounds are made of different atoms which are combined in small whole number
4. in chemical reactions atoms are rearranged but not created or destoryed
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Curie
Definition
isolated radium and polonium and discovered radioactivity
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J.J. Thompson
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discovered the electron, concluded that it has mass
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Rutherford
Definition
-discovered the proton
-Defined the nucleus of the atom as a dense central core with a positive charge
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Chadwick
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discovered the neutron
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What did Rutherford discover in his famous alpha-particle scattering experiment?
Definition
-nucleus is the densest part of the atom
-what was in them was a positive charge
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WHAT IS AVOGADRO'S #?
Definition
6.02*10^23
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Define: molecular mass
Definition
mass of g in 1 mol of an element
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what is an atomic mass unit?
Definition
1/12 the mass of an atom that has 6 protons and neutrons
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why are protons and neutrons close to 1u?
Definition
helps to approximate the mass of an atom
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What does all of this stuff mean?
A\/
Z/\
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Atomic mass ELE
Atomic # MENT
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Millikan
Definition
found charge of electron to determine mass
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which is bigger: protons, neutrons, or electrons?
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protons and neutrons
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three kinds of radiation?
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alpha, beta, gamma
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