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Atoms and moles
vocab words from p.73-88
Term | Definition |
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law of definite proportions | states that 2 samples of a given compound are made of the same elements in exactly the same proportions by mass regardless of the sizes or sources of the samples |
law of conservation of mass | the mass of the reactants in a reaction = the mass of the products |
law of multiple proportions | if 2 or more different compounds are composed of the same 2 elements |
electron | a subatomic particle that has a negative charge |
nucleus | in physical science, an atom's central region, which is up of protons and nutrons |
proton | a subatomic particle that has a positive charg and that is found in the nucleus of the atom |
neutron | a subatomic particle that has no charge |
atomic number | the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom; the atomic number is the sames for all atoms of an element |
mass number | the sum of the numbers of protons and neutrons in the and that is found in the nucleus of an atom |
isotope | atoms of the same element that have different numbers of neutrons |