1. Matter Is Made Up Of Atoms
Chapter 4

2. I CAN describe the parts of an atom and the particles that make them up.

3. Structure of the Atom
An atom is the smallest particle of matter that retains all of matter’s properties.
Atoms have TWO PARTS:
A NUCLEUS
An ELECTRON CLOUD

4. A Model of the Atom

5. The Nucleus of the Atom
The NUCLEUS of the atom is the SMALL, DENSE, SOLID central region of the atom.
The NUCLEUS is made up of TWO smaller particles [sub-atomic particles] called:
PROTONS and NEUTRONS

6. PROTONS
PROTONS are sub-atomic particles that have a POSITIVE ELECTRICAL CHARGE.
Represented by the symbol P+
The most important thing about protons is that they identity of an element.

7. The ATOMIC NUMBER (AN)
The number of PROTONS in an atom’s nucleus is called the ATOMIC NUMBER of the atom.
Atoms can have from 1 to 109 protons, depending on which element is being referenced.
The number of PROTONS determines which element an atom belongs to.

8. NEUTRONS
NEUTRONS are the other subatomic particle found in the atom’s nucleus.
NEUTRONS are NEUTRAL; they have NO ELECTRICAL CHARGE.
The symbol for a NEUTRON is: No

9. The ATOMIC MASS NUMBER (AMN)
The ATOMIC MASS NUMBER is the COMBINED NUMBER of PROTONS and NEUTRONS in the atom’s nucleus.
Together, the protons and neutrons are responsible for % of the atom’s total mass.

10. PRACTICE PROBLEMS An atom has 12 protons and 14 neutrons.
a. What is the atomic number of the
atom? ____________
b. The atomic mass number ?_______
An atom contains 33 protons and 41 neutrons.
AN = ________ AMN = ________
12 (12 P+)
26 (12 P+ plus 14 No) 33
(33 P+) 74
(33 P+ plus 41 No)

11. THEY CONTAIN DECIMALS Look at a Periodic Table.
The Atomic Mass Number is found at the BOTTOM of each element’s square.
Now look at the ATOMIC MASS NUMBERS for the elements.
What do you notice about these numbers?
THEY CONTAIN DECIMALS

12. How do atomic mass numbers get their decimals?
We learned earlier that the AMN is the total of an atoms protons and neutrons combined.
How can this give a number with a decimal?

13. While ALL atoms of an element have the SAME NUMBER of PROTONS they don’t all have the same number of NEUTRONS.
The number of NEUTRONS can vary between atoms of the same element.

14. ISOTOPES
Atoms of an element that have differing numbers of NEUTRONS are called ISOTOPES.
The ATOMIC MASS NUMBER reported for an element on the PERIODIC TABLE is an AVERAGE of all the different ISOTOPES of that element.

15. Writing Isotopes Isotopes can be written two ways:
1. Write the CHEMICAL SYMBOL and AMN
Example C-14
2. Write the CHEMICAL SYMBOL with AN
and AMN
Example C 6
AMN on top
AN on bottom

16. The Electron Cloud Unlike the NUCLEUS, the ELECTRON CLOUD:
Is very large [about 10,000x the size of the nucleus].
Is NOT solid; it is an area of EMPTY SPACE surrounding the nucleus.
Contains only one subatomic particle.

17. The ELECTRON Neutral atoms have as many electrons as they do protons!
The ELECTRON is the smallest of the sub-atomic particles.
It takes 1834 electrons to have about the same mass as ONE proton!
The symbol for an electron is: e-
Neutral atoms have as many electrons as they do protons!
The ATOMIC NUMBER is also the number of electrons in the Electron Cloud.

18. Divisions of the Electron Cloud
The Electron Cloud is divided into 7 main regions called PRINCIPLE ENERGY LEVELS.
The PEL’s move outward away from the nucleus…1 is closest….7 is farthest away!
Each PEL can hold a certain number of electrons.

19. PEL 1 = 2 e-
PEL 2 = 8 e-
PEL 3 = 18 e-
PEL 4 = 32 e-
PEL 5 = 32 e-
PEL 6 = 32 e-
PEL 7 = 32 e-

20. Sublevels
Each PEL can further be divided into smaller divisions called SUBLEVELS.
The number of sublevels in a PEL depends on it’s distance from the nucleus.

21. PEL 1 has only 1 sublevel, called S
PEL 2 has two sublevels: S and P
PEL 3 has three sublevels: S, P and D
PEL 4-7 has four sublevels: S, P, D and F
S sublevels are spherical and hold a max of 2 e-.
P sublevels are figure 8-like and hold a max of 6e-.

22. D sublevels are “mushroom” shaped and lie along the X, Y, Z plane.
D sublevels hold a max of 10 e-.
F sublevels assume different shapes along the X, Y, Z plane and hold a max of 14 e-.

23. Sublevel Filling Patterns
Because the energy required to maintain the orbit of the more complex sublevels is more than that of more simple orbits, a sublevel will not completely fill before the next higher one begins receiving electron.

24. AUFBAU Electron Distribution Chart
2s 2p(10) [Ne =10]
3s 3p(18)3d [Ar=18]
4s 4p(36)4d 4f [Kr=36]
5s 5p(54)5d 5f [Xe=54]
6s 6p(86) 6d 6f [Rn=86]
7s 7p 7d 7f

25. Orbital Notation
Orbital Notation is used to illustrated the distribution of e- within the e- cloud.
Number of e- in sublevels
Example Mg – 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2
Symbol Sublevels

26. Practice Problems Write out the electron configuration of: 1. Oxygen
2. Calcium
3. Iodine

27. Shorthand e- Configurations
Locate the NOBLE GAS immediately before the element.
Write the noble gas’ symbol in a bracket
example [ Xe ]
Subtract the AN of the noble gas from the element, then distribute the remaining electrons beginning at the next sublevel.

28. Practice Write the shorthand configuration for Barium.
Ba = 56 e- nearest noble gas is Xe
with 54 e-. Xe fills the sublevels through 5p.
56 – 54 = 2 e- to distribute beginning at 6s.

29. Write shorthand configurations for:
Ba [ Xe ] 6s2
Practice
Write shorthand configurations for:
A. Arsenic
B. Iodine

30. The most important PEL is the outermost one of the atom.
The electrons on this level are involved in forming chemical bonds with other atoms. The electrons in the outermost PEL are known as
VALENCE ELECTRONS,
or Ve- for short.