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Chp 2/3
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| Term | Definition | |
|---|---|---|
| Atomic Number | The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom of an element | 1 |
| Diffusion | Spontaneous spreading out of a substance due to the natural movement of its particles | 1 |
| Element | A substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by chemical means | 1 |
| Mass number | The number of protons and neutrons in an atom of the element | 1 |
| Pauli Exclusion Principle | No more than two electrons can occupy an orbital and this they can only do if they have opposite spin | 1 |
| Relative Atomic mass (Ar) | The mass of an atom of an element compared with one twelfth of the mass of the carbon-12 isotope | |
| Relative Molecular Mass (Mr) | The mass of a molecule of that substance compared with one twelfth of the mass of the carbon-12 isotope | |
| Sublevel | Part of a main energy level consisting of one or more orbitals of the same energy | |
| J J Thomson | Discovered the electron in 1897 | |
| George Stoney | Proposed the name electron | |
| Cathode Rays | streams of negatively charged particles ( electrons) that travel from the cathode to the anode a vacuum tube | |
| Robert Millikan | Determined the size of the charge on the electron | |
| Ernest Rutherford | Discovered the nucleus in 1911 Discovered the proton in 1919 | |
| James Chadwick | Discovered the neutron in 1919 | |
| Emission Spectrum | Pattern of bright lines or bands seen when the electromagnetic radiation emitted by a substance is passed through a spectrometer | |
| Mass spectrometry | Technique to determine the masses of particles and structures of molecules | |
| Molecule | The smallest particle of a substance that still retains the physical and chemical properties of that substance |