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Exercise 2.1 Atomic Structure and The Periodic Table

The document discusses the atomic structure of elements and their representation in the Periodic Table, focusing on atomic numbers and mass numbers. It includes exercises for identifying elements based on their atomic and mass numbers, as well as understanding the number of protons, neutrons, and electrons in an atom. Additionally, it highlights trends in the Periodic Table as one moves across rows and groups.

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Exercise 2.1 Atomic Structure and The Periodic Table

The document discusses the atomic structure of elements and their representation in the Periodic Table, focusing on atomic numbers and mass numbers. It includes exercises for identifying elements based on their atomic and mass numbers, as well as understanding the number of protons, neutrons, and electrons in an atom. Additionally, it highlights trends in the Periodic Table as one moves across rows and groups.

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2 Properties of materials

2 Properties of
materials
2.1 Atomic structure and
the Periodic Table
2.1 Atomic structure
All parts of this exercise will help you to use the Periodic Table to find
information about the structure of the atoms of elements.
You will need to use the information in the Periodic Table to answer the
following questions.
metals 1 atomic number 2
H He
non-metals hydrogen helium
1 mass number 4
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Li Be B C N O F Ne
lithium beryllium boron carbon nitrogen oxygen fluorine neon
7 9 11 12 14 16 19 20
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar
sodium magnesium aluminium silicon phosphorus sulfur chlorine argon
23 24 27 28 31 32 35 40
19 20
K Ca
potassium calcium
39 40

Focus
The atoms of one element are different from the atoms of all other
elements. They have different atomic numbers and mass numbers.

1 What is the atomic number for magnesium?

2 What is the mass number for nitrogen?

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2.1 Atomic structure and the Periodic Table

3 Which element has the atomic number 13?

4 Which element has the mass number 20?


Atoms of different elements have different numbers of protons, neutrons
and electrons.
The smaller number is the atomic number and the larger number is the
mass number.
Look at this example:

Lithium
The atomic number tells
Atomic number = 3 you how many protons
Mass number = 7 3 there are.
Li
Number of protons = 3 lithium
Number of neutrons = 7 − 3 = 4 7 The mass number tells you
how many protons plus
Number of electrons = 3 (always the same neutrons there are.
as the number of protons)

5 Complete these numbers for a boron atom.


Boron

Atomic number =

Mass number = 5
B
boron
Number of protons = 11

Number of neutrons =

Number of electrons =

Practice
6 The element carbon has an atomic number of 6 and a mass number
of 12.

a How many protons does a carbon atom have?

b How many electrons does a carbon atom have?

c How many neutrons does a carbon atom have?

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2 Properties of materials

d Draw and label the structure of an atom of carbon.

7 Complete the table.

Atomic Mass Electronic


Element Protons Neutrons Electrons
number number structure

beryllium 4 9 4 5 4 2,2

phosphorus 15 31

calcium 20 40

Challenge
8 As you move along the row in the Periodic Table from left to right,
and then along to the next row, the atomic number and the mass
number change.
Look carefully. Describes these changes.

The atomic number

The mass number

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2.2 Trends in Groups within the Periodic Table

9 Which two elements have the same mass number?

10 Name an element that is a gas and has the same number of


neutrons as protons.

11 Complete the table and identify the element.

Element:
atomic number
mass number
number of protons 19
number of neutrons 20
number of electrons
electronic structure

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