Chemistry

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Parts of an atom

Made of protons and neutrons

Surrounded by cloud of electrons

Size of \(10^{-15}\) meters

Proton (+) Neutron ( ) Electron (-)
Mass 1.67262×10⁻²⁴ grams 1.674493×10⁻²⁴ grams 9.10938356×10⁻³¹ grams
Mass ratio 1837 1837 1
Charge 1.602×10⁻¹⁹ 0 -1.602×10⁻¹⁹
Charge Ratio 1 0 -1

About an atom

Ionization Energy

Energy it takes to remove an electron completely

Equal and opposite to Coulombic Potential Energy

Measured in kilojoules per molecules

Increases across a period and decreases across a group


Isotope

Same number of protons but a different number of neutrons

Cations

Atoms that lose electrons to have a positive charge (metals do this more often)

Metals do this more often

Anions

Atom that gain electrons to have a negative charge (nonmetals do this more often)

Nonmetals do this more often

Ground State

Lowest energy state(ie. # of protons is equal to # of electrons)

# of protons is equal to # of electrons

Absorption

Photon makes an electron jump to an outside shell

Emission

Electron loses energy and falls down a shell

Electron Affinity

Energy change resulting from adding an electron to a gaseous atom


Atomic Bonds


Nonpolar covalent bonds

\(\Delta EN \leq 0.7\)

An equal amount of attraction occurs on both atoms

Polar covalent bonds

\(\Delta EN > 0.7\) and \(\leq 2\)

The attraction from an atom on another atom is greater than its reciprocal

Ionic bonds

\(\Delta EN > 2\)

The attraction from an atom on another atom is a lot greater than its reciprocal

Partial charges

It holds everything together

It is represented by \(\delta^{+}\) and \(\delta^{-}\)

The larger atom is labeled as \(\delta^{-}\)

The smaller atom is labeled as \(\delta^{+}\)

Hydrogen Bond

Bond made possible by the electronegative atoms nitrogen, oxygen, and fluorine to the atom hydrogen

The strongest intermolecular force


Dissolving

Dissociation

Pulling apart of an ionic structure in dissolving (ie. water dissociating sodium chloride into sodium and chlorine ions)

Dissolving

Only the seperation of molecules, not seperating atoms (ie. water dissolving glucose)

Solute

Minor component

Gets dissolved

Solvent

Major component

Does the dissolving

Solution

Homogeneous mixture of solute and solvent

Uniform composition


Solute Solvent Dominant intermolecular Force Is solution formed?
Polar Polar Dipole-Dipole Force and/or Hydrogen Bond Yes
Non-Polar Non-Polar Dispersion Force Yes
Polar Non-Polar No
Non-Polar Polar No
Ionic Polar Ion-Dipole Yes
Ionic Non-Polar No

Solutions

Acids

Increases the neutral concentration of \(\ H^{+}\)

Bases

Increases the neutral concentration of \(\ H^{-}\)

Results

\(\ H_{2}O\) and salts


Periodic table


Naming an element


The 7 Diatomic Atoms

Show up as pairs in nature

Hydrogen

Oxygen

Fluorine

Bromine

Iodine

Nitrogen

Chlorine


Four states of matter

Solid

All the particles are tightly attracted to each other and cannot freely move around.


Liquid

All the particles are not so tightly bound and can slide past each other. However, the attractions is still not weak enough to turn it into a gas


Gas

All the particles have little to no attraction to each other due to some factor like heat and fills all avalible volume.


Aqueous

All particles of a compound is dissolved in water but the water is not part of the chemical reaction


Coulombic's Law of Electrostatics

coulombs_law_of_attraction

\(q_{1}\) and \(q_{2}\) represents the masses of the atoms

\(k_{e}\) is a constant

\(r\) is the distance between the centers of the atoms

\(F_{12}\) and \(F_{21}\) is the force by \(q_{1}\) on \(q_{2}\) and \(q_{2}\) on \(q_{1}\) respectively


Reactions

Reaction Requirements

Particles correctly orientated

Collide with enough energy


Things to know

Rate: Change in something per unit time

Rate of Reaction: \(\frac{\textrm{Amount of substance change}}{\Delta\textrm{(Unit Time)}}\)

Exothermic: Heat is a byproduct of the reaction

Endothermic: Heat is absorbed in the reaction

Activation Energy: Energy needed to start a reaction

Catalyst: Lowers the activation energy of a reaction

Particles: Refers to both molecules and atoms depending on context and reaction

Potential energy is equal to bond energy


\(\textrm{Reactants PE > }\textrm{Products PE}\)

Exothermic reaction

\(\textrm{Reactants PE < }\textrm{Products PE}\)

Endothermic reaction


Factors that affect rate of reaction

Concentration

Temperature

Surface Area

Catalyst

Pressure


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