BSC 2010C Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ununpentium, Ununtrium, Mass Number

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Chapter 2- chemical context of life: atoms and molecules. Elements can"t be broken down by simpler chemical reactions. Nihonium (nh): nihon land of the rising sun. Atom: smallest unit of matter retaining properties of a given element. Atoms of different elements differ in the number of subatomic particles. By their atomic number- number of protons in atom. Also represents number of electrons in neutral atoms. Number of neutrons and electrons change, but protons never. If you know the mass # and atomic # out can figure out the neutron number. Number of neutrons + number of protons equals mass number. Boron has atomic number of 5 and mass number of 11. Isotopes-different varieties of given element that differ in the number of neutrons (protons stay the same) Electron shells: electrons differ in amounts of potential energy based on their location (less potential energy in first shell, than in other shells) In outermost valence shell (determine chemical behavior of atoms)

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