BSC 114 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ionic Bonding, Electronegativity, Ion

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Atomic structure: atom: fundamental unit of matter, every atom contains a nucleus and electrons, atomic nucleus contains 2 particles, protons, neutrons, electrons orbit the nucleus. No role in determining chemical properties: # protons + # neutrons = atomic mass. b. i. Neutrons can vary in number w/o affecting chemical properties: all atoms except hydrogen 1 have neutrons, # of protons determines chemical identity & properties, composition of the nucleus cannot be changed by ordinary chemical processes. f. Processes that change the nucleus are nuclear processes, as in nuclear energy, . Nuclear bomb, etc: the same element can have different #s of neutrons. Isotopes: variants of an element w/ different #s of neutrons. a. i. 14c (1 in a trillion) 8 neutrons. b. Isotopes have same chemical properties (which are determined by # of protons & electrons). c. Some isotopes are stable (13c): unstable isotopes spontaneously break down into other atoms (radioactivity, eg. 14c .

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