Study Guide
Unit 1.4
- Be familiar with Tomson’s Cathode Ray-Tube and Rutherford’s Gold Foil experiments and what they allowed us to discover about atoms
- Know the structure of an atom and characteristics of each part of an atom
- Know how to determine the charge, mass number, atomic number, number of protons, neutrons, and electrons for any given element
- Know how to calculate mass based on relative abundance of isotopes
- Know how to go between empirical and molecular formulas
- Know how to generate an empirical formula from combustion analysis data
- Know the properties of waves
- Be familiar with the visible light spectrum and the color wheel
- Know the electromagnetic spectrum and energy rankings
- Be able to draw an energy level diagram for electron energy absorption and emission
- Understand bond strength and radiation energy
- Be able to calculate frequency, wavelength, and energy of light waves
- Know what a covalent bond is and how we model covalent bonds
- Know how to determine bonding capacity
- Know the octet rule
- Know all the quantum numbers and how to determine each for a given element
- Understand valency
- Know how to determine full electronic configuration for a given element and the noble gas shorthand
- Know and understand the periodic trend for ionization energy