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atom defintions

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element   a puresubstance that can not be broken chemicaly or phyisacl means  
compound   a pure substance coposed of two or more elements that are chemically combined  
mixture   a combination of two or more substaces not combined chemically  
atom   the smallest particle into which an element can be divided and still retain all of the properteis of that element  
proton   the positively charged particles of the nucleus  
electron   the negativly charged particles found in the nucleus  
neutron   the particles of the nucleus that have no charge  
periodic law   a law that states that the chemical and physical properties of elements are periodic functions  
atomic numbers   the number of protrons in the nucleus  
atomic mass   the weighted average the masses of all naturaly occuring isotopes of an element  
isotope   atoms that have the same nuber of protrons but difrent number of nutrons  
valence electrons   the electrons in the outermost enrgy level of the atom  
john dalton   atom theory  
JJ Thomson   small particles in atom  
ernest rutherford   positive charged nucleus, atom mostly empty space electrons travel around nucleus  
niels bohr   electrons travel in clouds  
democritus   1st to come up with idea of atom  
dmiti mendelev   father of the periodic table, arrange elements by atomic mass  
henry moseley   reaganged periodic table ny atmoic number  


   


 

 

 

 

 

 
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