3. What's an atom?
Definition:
A microscopic small particle that could not
be made any smaller and still behave as a
chemical system. Atoms are the smallest
particles that can exist and represent
elements identity. Atoms cannot be
created or destroyed
4. Atoms
• Atoms consist of protons, neutrons, electrons
• The atomic structure is shown in the diagram
below
• Protons have positive charge
• Electrons have negative charge
• Neutrons have no charge
9. ATOMIC PARTICLES:
• Atoms consist of three subatomic particles:
• electrons
– electrons are negatively charged particles and their
properties are summarized in the following table
• protons
– protons are positively charged particles and their
properties are summarized in the following table
• neutrons
– neutrons have no charge and their properties are
summarized in the following table
10. ELECTRONS
• Small negatively charged particle
• Orbit, circle, around the nucleus
• Have no mass.
• Atoms are neutral.
• Number of electrons = number of protons
11. PROTONS:
• small, positively charged particles
• reside in the nucleus
• along with the neutron, make up most of the
mass of the atom
• the number of protons is what defines the
type of a particular atom.
• Atoms are neutral
• Number of protons = number of electrons
12. NEUTRONS:
• small particles with no charge
• reside in the nucleus
• along with the proton, make up most of the
mass of the atom
13. ATOMS--Dalton's Atomic Theory
• All matter (including elements) is composed of
atoms; each atom is a very small, chemically
indivisible particle
– the word 'atom' is from the Greek word "atmos"
which means "cannot be cut apart"
• elements are different because they are
composed of different types of atoms
• each type of atom has properties different
from other atoms
14. Atomic theory of matter
• Matter composed of atoms
• Atoms of given element have identical
properties
• Different elements have different properties
• Atoms combine in whole number ratios
• Not created or destroyed in ordinary chemical
reactions
15. What's a molecule?
Definition:
The smallest particles of an element or
compound that can exist and retain the
chemical properties of that element or
compound