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believed all matter was composed of 4 elements: earth, air, fire, and water   Greeks (400 B.C.)  
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tried to turn cheap medals into gold   Alchemists (400 B.C. - 1600 A.D.)  
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was the first chemist to perform truly quantitative experiments   Boyl (1600s)  
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discovered oxygen   Priestly (1700)  
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is often called the father of modern chemistry.   Lavosier (1700s)  
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discovered the law of conversation of mass which says that matter is neither created nor destroyed   Lavosier (1700s)  
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discovered the law of definite proportion   Proust (1700s)  
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the law of definite proportion   a compound has a constant composition  
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discovered the law of multiple proportions   Dalton (1700s)  
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when Dalton's Atomic Theory was created   1808  
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1st point of Dalton's Atomic Theory   all elements are composed of atoms which are indivisible and indistinctible particles  
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2nd point of Dalton's Atomic Theory   atoms of the same element are identical. The atoms of any one element are different from those of any other.  
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3rd point of Dalton's Atomic Theory   compounds are found by the joining of atoms of different elements  
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4th point of Dalton's Atomic Theory   chemical reactions occur when atoms are separated, joined, or rearranged  
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did gas experiments which have chemists the key for determining chemical formulas   Gay-Lussac (1800s)  
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added large amounts of electrical energy to small quantities of gases in tubes   J.J. Thomson  
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tubes where large amounts of electrical energy to small gases were in   cathode-ray tubes  
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showed that cathode-rays are attracted to metal plates that have a positive electrical charge   J.J. Thomson  
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believed that cathode-rays were actually a stream of negatively charged particles which he called electrons   J. J. Thomson  
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a stream of negatively charged particles   electrons  
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determined the change-to-mass ratio of an electron   J.J. Thomson  
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discovered the electron   J.J. Thomson  
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developed the plum pudding model of the atom   J.J. Thomson  
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discovered the charge on an electron   Millikan  
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calculated the mass of the electron to be 1/1840 the mass of a hydrogen atom   Millikan  
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student of Thomson   Rutherford  
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discovered protons   Rutherford  
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developed the nuclear model of the atom   Rutherford  
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predicted the existence of neutrons   Rutherford  
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has virtually the same mass as the proton but no charge   neutrons  
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have a positive charge equal in magnitude to the electron's negative charge   protons  
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is the number of protons in an atom   atomic number  
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z   atomic number  
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each element has a unique _____   atomic number  
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is the number of electrons in a neutral atom   atomic number  
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sum of the protons and neutrons   mass number  
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a   mass number  
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mass of an atom   mass number  
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subtract the atomic number from it and you get the number of neutrons in the atom   mass number  
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atoms with the same # of protons but different # of neutrons   isotopes  
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most are produced artificially   isotopes  
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most do not exist naturally   isotopes  
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most common isotope of hydrogen   hydrogen-1 or hydrogen  
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hydrogen-2   deuterium  
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hydrogen-3   tritium  
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the smallest electrically neutral unit of a substance that still has the properties of the substance   molecule  
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are made up of two or more atoms bonded together   molecule  
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examples of molecules   O2, O3, CH4, H2O, CO2  
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compounds composed of molecules   molecular compounds  
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tend to have low melting points and boiling points   molecular compounds  
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exist as gases or liquids at room temperature   molecular compounds  
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most are compounds of atoms of two or more nonmetals   molecular compounds  
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seven diatomic elements   hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, oxygen, nitrogen  
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color of chlorine   green  
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color of bromine   reddish brown  
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color of iodine   violet  
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are the "shorthand" that chemists use to describe compounds   chemical formulas  
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represent the combination of a substance   chemical formulas  
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consist of chemical symbol and subscripts   chemical formulas  
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represent the elements present in the substance   chemical symbols  
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represent the ration of elements present   subscripts  
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3 types of chemical formulas   empirical, molecular and structural  
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represents the simplest ratio in which the atoms combine   empirical  
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its subscripts are reduced   empirical  
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represents the actual ratio in which the atoms combine   molecular  
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gives the total # of atoms of each element present in the molecule   molecular  
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is sometimes also the empirical formula   molecular  
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shows the way atoms are joined together in a molecule   structural  
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are atoms or groups of atoms that have a positive or negative charge   ions  
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tend to form positive ions by losing one or more electrons   metallic elements  
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tend to form negative ions by gaining one or more electrons   ions  
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any atom or group of atoms that has a positive charge   cation  
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has more protons than electrons   cation  
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any atom or group of atoms that has a negative charge   anion  
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has more electrons than protons   anion  
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its name ends in -ide, ite, or ate   anion  
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tightly bound group of atoms that behave as a unit and carries a charge   polyatomic ion  
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ionic compound   salt  
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composed of cations and anions   ionic compounds  
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are electrically neutral   ionic compounds  
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their total + charge = their total - charge   ionic compounds  
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usually solids at room temperature   ionic compounds  
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most are composed of metals and nonmetals   ionic compounds  
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elements are arranged in order of increasing atomic number   periodic table  
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elements are arranged in order of   increasing atomic number  
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horizontal rows   periods  
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the properties of the elements change as you move across a   period  
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the patterns of properties within a _____ repeats when you move from one ____ to the next   period  
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vertical rows   groups or families  
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the elements in each ____ have similar chemical and physical properties   group  
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group 1A   alkali metals  
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very active metals that form +1 ions when reacted with nonmetals   1A  
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group 2A   alkaline earth metals  
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form +2 ions when reacted with nonmetals   2A  
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group 7A   halogens  
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form -ions when reacted with metal   7A  
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group 8A   nobles gases  
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tend to exist as isolated atoms   8A  
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do not react readily with other elements   8A  
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are monatomic   8A  
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are the representative elements   group a  
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they exhibit a wide range of physical and chemical properties   group a  
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consists of the transition metals and the inner transition metals   group b  
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3 classes of elements   metals, nonmetals, metalloids  
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properties: high electrical conductivity, high luster, ductile, malleable   metal  
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properties: low electrical conductivity, low luster, some are gases, some are brittle solids   nonmetals  
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B, Si, Ge, As, Sb, Te, Po, At   metalloids  
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name given to the empirical formula of an ionic compound   formula unit  
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shows the lowest whole # ratio of ions   formula unit  
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its total + charge = total - charge   formula unit  
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contain 2 elements   binary ionic compounds (type 1)  
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are composed of 2 different nonmetallic elements   binary molecular compounds  
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binary covalent compounds   binary molecular compounds  
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compounds that produce H+ ions when dissolved in water   acids  
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hydrochloric acid   HCl  
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sulfuric acid   H2SO4  
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nitric acids   HNO3  
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mass is neither created nor destroyed   low of conservation of mass  
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a given compound always contains exactly the same proportion elements   law of definite proportion  
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a law stating that when two elements form a series of compounds, the ratios of masses of the second element that combine with one gram of the first element can always be reduced to small whole numbers   law of multiple proportions  
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the weighted average mass of the atoms in a naturally occurring element   atomic weights  
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equal volumes of gases at the same temperature and pressure contain the same number of particles   Avogadro's hypothesis  
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the "rays" emanating from the negative electrode (cathode) in a partially evacuated tube; a stream of electrons   cathode-ray tube  
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a negatively charged particle that moves around the nucleus of an atom   electron  
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the spontaneous decomposition of a nucleus of an atoms   radioactivity  
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an atom having a dense center of positive charge (the nucleus) with electrons moving around the outside   nuclear atom  
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the small, dense center of positive charge in an atom   nucleus  
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a positively charged particle in an atomic nucleus   protons  
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a particle in the atomic nucleus with mass virtually equal to the proton's but with no charge   neutron  
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atoms of the same element (the same number of protons) with different numbers of neutrons. they have identical atomic numbers but different mass numbers   isotopes  
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the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom   atomic number  
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the total number of protons and neutrons in the atomic nucleus of an atom   mass number  
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the force or, more accurately, the energy, that holds two atoms together in a compound   chemical bond  
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a type of bonding in which electrons are shared by atoms   covalent bond  
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a bonded collection of two or more atoms of the same or different elements   molecule  
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the representation of a molecule in which the symbols for the elements are used to indicate the types of atoms present and subscripts are used to show the relative numbers of atoms   chemical formula  
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the representation of a molecule in which the relative positions of the atoms are shown and the bonds are indicated by lines   structural formula  
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a model of a molecule showing the relative sizes of atoms and their relative orientations   space-filling model  
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a molecular model that distorts the sizes of atoms but shows bond relationships clearly   ball-and-stick model  
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an atom or group of atoms that has a net positive or negative charge   ion  
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a positive ion   cation  
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a negative ion   anion  
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the electrostatic attraction between oppositely charged ions   ionic bond  
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a solid containing cations and anions that dissolves in water to have a solution containing the separated ions which are mobile and thus free to conduct electrical current   ionic solid (salt)  
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an ion containing a number of atoms   polyatomic ion  
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a chart showing all the elements arranged in columns with similar chemical properties   periodic table  
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an element that gives up electrons relatively easily and is lustrous, malleable, and a good conductor of heat and electricity   metal  
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an element not exhibiting metallic characteristics. Chemically, a typical nonmetals accepts electrons from a metal.   nonmetal  
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a vertical column of elements having the same valence electron configuration and showing similar properties   group (family)  
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a group 1A   Alkali metals  
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group 2A metals   alkaline earth metals  
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a group 7A element   halogens  
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a group 8A element   noble gases  
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a two-element compound   binary compounds  
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a substance that produces hydrogen ions in solution; a proton donor   acid  
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