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Studying Atoms
1899-Modern Atomic Theory
Book pages 104-105 & 113-116
ISN pg 43
Rutherford’s Atomic Theory
• 1899, Rutherford
discovered that
uranium emits fastmoving particles
that have a positive
charge called alpha
particles
Rutherford’s Atomic Theory
• Hypothesis: (asked student- Marsden, to find
out what happens to alpha particles when
they pass through a thin sheet of gold)
Predicted that most particles would travel in a
straight path from their source to a screen
that lit up when struck.
Rutherford’s Atomic Theory
• The Gold Foil Experiment
– Aimed narrow beam of alpha particles at gold, the
material around the gold produced a flash of light
when struck by fast-moving alpha particles
– Could figure out path of alpha particles by
observing the flash after they had passed through
the gold
– Did NOT support Rutherford’s prediction
Rutherford’s Atomic Theory
• Gold Foil Experiment continued…
– More particles were deflected than he expected
– About 1 out of every 20,000 was deflected by
more than 90 degrees
– Some alpha particles behaved as though they had
struck an object and bounced straight back
Gold Foil Experiment
Rutherford’s Atomic Theory
• Discovery of the Nucleus
– Alpha particles whose paths were deflected must
have come close to another charged object
– The closer they came, the greater the deflection
– Concluded: the positive charge of an atom is not
evenly spread throughout the atom, it is
concentrated in a very small central area- nucleus
– Nucleus: a dense, positively charged mass located
in the center of the atom
Rutherford’s Atomic Theory
• According to Rutherford’s model, all of an
atom’s positive charge is concentrated in its
nucleus
Bohr’s Model of the Atom
• Bohr was a Danish physicist who worked with
Rutherford
• Bohr agreed with Rutherford’s model, but
Bohr’s model focused on the electrons
• Energy Levels
– In Bohr’s model (planetary model), electrons
move with constant speed in fixed orbits around
the nucleus (like planets around a sun)
Bohr’s Model of the Atom
• Energy Levels
– Each electron in an atom has a specific amount of
energy
– If an atom gains or loses energy, the energy of an
electron can change
– The possible energies that electrons in an atom
can have are called energy levels
– An electron cannot exist between energy levels
Bohr’s Model of the Atom
• Energy Levels
– An electron in an atom can move from one energy
level to another when the atom gains or loses
energy
– The size of the jump between energy levels
determines the amount of energy gained or lost
• Evidence for Energy Levels
– Scientists can measure the energy gained or
released when an electron absorbs or releases
energy and moves to higher or lower energy levels
Bohr’s Model of the Atom
J. Chadwick
• Chadwick
– 1932, English physicist
– designed an experiment to show that neutrons
exist
– concluded particles were neutral because a
charged object did not deflect their path
– A neutral subatomic particle that is found in the
nucleus of an atom
Modern Day Theory
Electron Cloud Model
• An electron cloud is a visual model of the
most likely locations for electrons in an atom
• The cloud is denser at those locations where
the probability of finding an electron is high
• Scientists use the electron
cloud model to describe the
possible locations of electrons
around the nucleus