Jantzen Brix P.

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ME-1 A42
Chapter 2: Atoms, Molecules, and Ions
1. Which of the following statements are true; which are false?
a. a proton carries a +1 charge and an electron carries a 1 charge.
b. the nucleus of an atom has a negative charge.
c. an alpha particle is a helium atom minus its electrons.
d. a neutron is an uncharged particle with a mass slightly greater than a proton.
e. more than 99.9% of an atoms mass is concentrated in the nucleus.
f. in a given compound, relative numbers of atoms of each kind are definite and constant.
g. elements are composed of atoms.
h. no atom is changed into another element in an ordinary chemical reaction.
i. compounds are formed when two or more atoms combine.
j. atoms are composed of electrons, protons, and neutrons.
k. all atoms of a given element have the same mass number.
l. for any neutral element, the number of electrons is equal to the number of protons.
m. the mass number is the sum of the number of protons and neutrons.
n. isotopes of atoms contain the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons.
o. the atomic number equals the number of protons in an atom.
2. The table below gives number of electrons, protons, and neutrons in atoms or ions of a number
of elements. Answer the following: (Use a separate sheet for this).
(a) Which of the species are neutral? (b) which are negatively charged? (c) Which are
positively charged? (d) Write the nuclear symbol of each species.
Atom or Ion of element
Number of electrons
Number of protons
Number of neutrons

A
5
5
5

B
10
7
7

C
18
19
20

D
28
30
36

E
36
35
46

F
5
5
6

G
9
9
10

3. Write the appropriate symbol for each of the following isotopes:

a) Z=11, A=23

b) Z=28, A=64c) Z=74, A=186

d) Z=80, A= 201

4. Complete the following table with the appropriate data for each isotope given.
Element

Symbol
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Atomic
Number

Mass
Number

Number of
protons

Number of
neutrons

Number of
electrons

Ca

Tin

117
46

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182
55
16

60

74
54

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Uranium
Uranium

238
234
40

5. The atomic masses of

18

35
17

Cl (75.53%) and

37

17

Cl (24.47%) are 34.968 amu and 36.956 amu,

respectively. Calculate the average atomic mass of chlorine. The percentages in parentheses
denote the relative abundances.

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