Chapter 2 Handouts
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WebAssign Atom Intro due 10/9
WebAssign Naming Compounds due 10/11
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Chapter 2

Test will probably occur the third class day of next week.

WebAssigns are up. Please ask questions for clarification.

Quiz on the ions is here. Do not wait until the last minute.

Chapter 2 is on the Atom. In this chapter, we examine how our knowledge of the atom has developed and we learn how to name compounds.

Remember that reading the textbook is important. If you are not at the point you want to be, then read, ask questions and read.

Some notes:

Key aspects of Dalton's Atomic Theory:

  1. Elements are made of small particles called atoms.
  2. Atoms of a given element are identical
  3. Atoms are indivisible.
  4. Compounds are composed of atoms of different elements in a fixed whole number ratio.
  5. A chemical reaction involves only the separation, combination or rearrangement of atoms.

The Law of Definite Proportions:

The Law of Multiple Proportions:

JJ Thompson--increased knowledge of the atom by finding mass/charge ratio of electron with cathode ray tube. His model of the atom was the plum pudding model. This stated that an atom was a sphere of positive charge with embedded electrons.

Rutherford--Gold foil Experiment. Positive a - particles were shot at a piece of gold foil. Most passed straight through, but some were defleceted and a few were deflected back to the source. Conclusions: The atom is mostly empty space and there is a small dense area of positive charge (protons in the nucleus) at the center.

Naming Compounds

Name ionic compounds by cation name followed by anion name.

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