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Atomic Structure Review

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  • Electron's Location
    Electron Cloud
  • What's the difference in the number of electrons in Selenium (Se) and Aluminum (Al)?
    21
  • What are the total number of protons, neutrons, and electrons in carbon (C)?
    18
  • If you want to know how many protons+neutrons an element has, you would look at what on the reference sheet?
    Atomic Mass
  • Describe the reactivity of this atom-how do you know?
    Stable-it has 2 valence electrons-it's outer shell is full
  • What element is this an atom of?
    Oxygen
  • The smallest particle of an element is called
    Atom
  • How many valence electrons does this have?
    2
  • Electron's mass
    < 1 AMU
  • Describe the reactivity of this atom-how do you know?
    Stable, non-reactive-bonus points for INERT-it has 8 valence electrons
  • If you know the atomic number, what other two things do you know?
    number or protons and number of electrons
  • Electron's Charge
    negative
  • Proton's charge
    positive
  • Neutron's Mass
    1 AMU
  • Neutron's Charge
    neutral
  • If you need to solve for how many neutrons, what do you do?
    Mass-Atomic Number
  • An element has 36 protons, 36 electrons, and a mass of 84. How many neutrons does it have?
    48
  • What element is this an atom of?
    Lithium
  • What element is this?
    Magnesium
  • Proton's mass
    1 AMU
  • Describe the reactivity of this atom-how do you know?
    Very Reactive-It has 7 valence electrons
  • Neutron's Location
    Nucleus
  • Proton's Location
    Nucleus
  • What is the overall electrical charge of the nucleus in this atom?
    +8
  • If an atom has 17 protons, 18 neutrons, and 17 electrons, what is the mass of this atom?
    35
  • How many protons, neutrons, and electrons are found in Halfnium (Hf) with a mass of 178? (do not total, list each one out)
    72 protons, 106 neutrons, 72 electrons