GENCHEM NOTES

CHEMISTRY
 Study of matter, defined as anything that has mass and takes up space
 Is essential for meeting our basic needs of food, clothing, shelter, health, energy, and
clean air, water and soil

ATOM
 Singe neutral particles
 When atom combines, molecules are formed
 2 atoms combine = diatomic molecules (ex. Carbon monoxide)

PARTICLE DIAGRAM
 Help the students visualize the difference between an atom
 Dalton proposed a series of diagram (1800s)
MOLECULES
 Compositions of two or more particles
 Comes from Latina Molecula meaning a unit of mass
 Comes from the smallest unit of substant
 Noted with the element symbol and subscript with the number of atoms

An ATOM or a MOLECULE can gain or lose electron to from an ION

POLYATOMIC MOLECULES
 Have more than 2 atoms
POLYMERS
 Called of larger molecules

ION
 Formed by the addition and removal of electrons because of Ionization proportions
 Cations = positive charge
 Anions= negative charge
IONIZING ENERGY
 Also called ionization potential
 Removal and addition of electron to become positive or negative
 Increases because the ratio of protons to electron increases
IONIZATION
 Changing atoms into charged ions
 If it gain it becomes negatively charged and if loses it becomes positively charged
 Formed by gain or loss of an electron to form an atom or molecule
 Example pf this is sun and radiation
HEAT AND KINETIC ENERGY
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