Essay on Atomic Structure, Moles and Periodicity

Chapter one of The Disappearing Spoon informs us of the information hidden in the periodic table, and why the periodic table is arranged the way it is. Through its pages it explained the formation of the periodic table such as its shape, trends, and etc. The pages also tie into one or more learning goals in this unit. A periodic table is not just a chart with things splashed onto it, it is a chart that was thoroughly arranged based on the trends, the characteristics, the description, and formation of an element.

John Dalton wrote the modern atomic theory, a fundamental component of that is, the mole ratios of elements in a compound will be small whole numbers.

The students created a macroscopic, three-dimensional (3D) model of several properties of the periodic table. They explained in their own words the following terms: atomic radii, ionic radii, first ionization energy, and electronegativity. Lastly, they identified, described, and explained the patterns observed in the 3D periodic tables for the following element properties: atomic radii, ionic radii, first ionization energy, and electronegativity.

Vocabulary: atomic number, atomic radius, Aufbau principle, chemical family, diagonal rule, electron configuration, Hund’s rule, orbital, Pauli exclusion principle, period, shell, spin, subshell

The purpose of the lab was to mimic the way Mendeleev placed the elements on the periodic table. Mendeleev was a Russian chemist who produced the first orderly periodic table. Frist, the way the periodic table has been classed alongside the atomic sum and the elements with related properties. Second, the objectives are observeing the physical states of common elements, and the progression of the periodic table, lastly speculate by determining the unknown elements established on the observed progression. As a group we tried to find out where the unknown elements should be placed. Finnly, the information that was given to help us with our process was the state, density, hardness, conductivity, melting point, and color.

-Henry Gwyn Jeffreys Moseley- Worked with Ernest Rutherford, experimented with 38 metals, he found that the positive charge of each element’s nucleus increased by one from element to element as they were arranged in Mendeleev’s periodic table, lead to modern definition of atomic number (# of protons in atom’s nucleus) and the recognition the

By firing massively charged particles at an atom, he found that atoms are made up of smaller particles (Doc. 1).  This would lead to his discovery of protons also known as alpha particles (OI). After that, he bombarded gold foil and observed that some of the atoms passed through the foil. Therefore, he concluded that atoms are composed of empty space (OI).  

The Disappearing Spoon written by author Sam Kean, is a book in where it talks about how the elements from the periodic table play a huge role into where we stand today. Kean digs deep down into where and how these elements were discovered or created. From the stories of the elements he can tell the reader how it led to other stories of science, history, finance, mythology, the arts, medicine, and more Ch. 1 In Geography is Destiny, the author Sam Kean begins by going into the organization of the periodic table.

Chapter 12 of Kean’s bestseller focuses on how politics had a major influence on the development of the periodic table. The majority of the chapter takes place during the mid-1900s and therefore, as one might

The second main contributor toward the atomic structure was John Dalton. John Dalton was the one who brought the atomic theory talk back into play after 2000 years from Democritus. Dalton become fond of the atomic structure following his love from meteorology. He claimed that the forces of repulsion that caused pressure only were between the same atoms and the atoms inside a mixture had different weights and complexity. He then decided to calculate the atomic weights by determining the percentages of each composition in a compound. This allowed him to be able to

Nonmetallic properties tend to predominate for elements at the far right portion of the table.

I came to the conclusion that they should appear (Cl, Br, I) from top to bottom respectively. Based on the previous information regarding mass increases as you go down the periodic table I was able to come to this conclusion. I observed that Cl had the least color concentration, then Br, then I had the most. The greater the color concentration, the greater the mass. This observed data let me come to my conclusion.

The book “The Periodic Table” by Primo Levi is undoubtedly a masterpiece. It showcases the enthusiasm, the level of dedication, and passion successful chemists such as Primo Levi himself had for the field of their expertise. The way Primo Levi has related the troublesome times and events he had to face in prospect with the elements of the periodic table is laudable. Primo Levi is surely an inspiration and a perfect example of prodigy and passion. Despite the challenges and the hardships inflicted on him by the bigoted group of Germens, he still managed to emerge as an exceptional chemist and an author who made great contributions to the modern chemistry as we now know it.

The periodic table is a table that categorises and displays all of the chemical elements. It is made up of groups, periods and blocks. A group (also referred to as a family) are the columns of elements, there are 8 groups. The elements in each family have similar but not identical properties and they all have the same number of outer electrons. E.g. lithium (Li), sodium (Na), potassium (K) are all soft, white, shiny metals because they are all members of group 1. A period is each horizontal row of elements, there are 7 periods. In a period, the elements are not alike in properties, the first element in a period is always an extremely active solid, and the last element in a period is always an inactive gas. Properties change greatly across a given row. Each new period represents the next shell which electrons fill. A block is a region of the periodic, there are 4 blocks: S, D, P and F.

The Discovery of the Atom first came from the Greeks which made a theory “The idea that all matter is made up of tiny, indivisible particles, or atoms, is believed to have originated with the Greek philosopher Leucippus of Miletus and his student Democritus of Abdera in the 5th century B.C. (The word atom comes from the Greek word atomos, which means “indivisible.”)” (InfoPlease Atomic theory)