Atomic Theory

(Lecture id-1007)

TOPICS & OBJECTIVES

1010 - Greek Atomos
    1010 - Know the contributions of Democritus, Empedocles, and Aristotle to atomic theory.
    1020 - Describe and differentiate between atomic and elemental theory.
 
1020 - Alchemy
    1010 - Distinguish between substances that are elements and compounds.
    1020 - Describe how early chemists identified pure substances and identified the first elements.
    1040 - Give the classical and modern names of the first two modern elements identified.
 
1030 - Laws of Stoichiometry
    1010 - State the law of conservation of mass and give an illustrative example.
    1020 - State the law of definite composition and reconcile it with atomic theory.
    1030 - State the law of multiple proportions and reconcile it with atomic theory.
    1040 - Give John Dalton's four postulates that formed a basis for atomic theory.
 
1040 - Electrical Revolution
    1010 - Describe the properties of electric charge.
    1015 - Describe why Michael Farady named the particles he discovered ions, cations, and anions.
    1020 - Understand J.J. Thomson's contribution to the discovery of sub atomic particles.
    1030 - Describe Millikan's oil drop experiment and show what two things it demonstrated.
    1040 - Describe Thomson's Plum-Pudding model of the atom and explain the reasoning behind it.
    1050 - Explain the existence of ions using the Plum-Pudding model.
    1090 - Using atomic mass, molar mass, and Avogadro
 
1050 - Nuclear Age
    1010 - Understand the differences in charge and mass of alpha, beta, and gamma radiation.
    1020 - Describe Rutherford's gold foil experiment and state it's three most important observations.
    1030 - Understand the nuclear model of the atom and explain its basis in Rutherfords observations.
    1040 - Name the three basic sub atomic particles and differentiate them by charge and mass.
 


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