TOPIC 2

ATOMIC STRUCTURE
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Dalton’s Theory
 MODERN ATOMIC THEORY

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 JJ THOMSON’S MODEL

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Looks like a chocolate

Positive gooey stuff
chip cookie!

Negative electron, Also called the “Plum

held in place Pudding” model.
 RUTHERFORD’S MODEL

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Positive nucleus

Negative electrons

Empty space
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/r
utherford-scattering
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 BOHR’S MODEL

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Increasing Energy!
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n=
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n=
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n=
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n=1
(lowest energy an
e- can have)

Nucleus
(ground
Nice, normal ladder Energy level ladder floor)
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 QUANTUM MECHANICAL MODEL
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There is a 90% chance

that
the electron is somewhere
in here.
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MASS NUMBER (A) = PROTONS +
NEUTRONS

Z
ATOMIC NUMBER (Z) =
PROTONS
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 RELATIVE RELATIVE
PARTICLE MASS CHARGE

PROTON 1 +1

ELECTRON 0.0005 -1

NEUTRON 1 0
 UNDERSTANDINGS/KEY IDEA
2.1.C

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The mass spectrum graphs

Mass / charge ratio

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