Cheatography
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First year of chemistry for aerospace engineering students.
This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.
The modern periodic table
Alkaline (ns¹) |
lose 1 e⁻ |
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valence 1+⟶Noble gas configuration |
Alkaline earth (ns) |
lose 2 e⁻ |
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valence 2+⟶Noble gas configuration |
Group 13(ns np) |
light elements lose 3 e⁻ |
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heavy elements lose 3 e⁻ |
Group 15/ Nitrogen group (ns np) |
gain 3 e⁻ |
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valence 3- (more important for light elements) |
Group 16/ Oxygen group (ns np) |
gain 2 e⁻ |
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valence 2-⟶Noble gas configuration |
Group 17/ Halogens (ns np) |
gain 1 e⁻ |
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valence 1-⟶Noble gas configuration |
Atomic radii and ionic radii
In a group it increases with Z |
In a period it decreases with Z |
Ionization energy
realated with the metallic character: higher IE, easier to eject an e⁻, higher metallic character |
IE depends on electron-nucleus attraction |
In a group it increases from bottom to top (from bigger to smaller radius)) |
In a period it increases from left to right (when Zeff increases) |
Quantity of energy a gaseous atom must absorb to be able to expel an electron
Magnetic properties
Diamagnetic atom |
all e⁻ are paired and the individual magnetic effects cancel out |
Paramagnetic atom |
has unpaired e⁻, the individual magnetic effects don't cancel out. These unpaired e⁻ posses a magnetic moment that causes the atom to be attracted to an external magnetic field |
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Sizes of atoms and ions
Atomis radius is hard to define, effective charge density is extended to infinity, but the effective atomic radius is where there is a 95% of the electron charge density |
Atomis radius depends on the size of the electron cloud: from different shells it depends on the value of n, for a given shell it depends on the Zeff |
Penetration:how close an electron gets to the nucelus |
s e⁻>p e⁻>d e⁻ (in order of penetration ability) |
Screening: how an outer e⁻ is blocked from the nuclear charge by inner e⁻ |
Zeff=Z-σ |
Slatter rules
considered e⁻ in an ns or np orbital |
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⦁all e⁻ in ns and np orbitals with the same value of n contribute with σ=0,35 (for n=1, σ=0,30) |
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⦁all e⁻ in orbitals with ni=ns,p-1 contribute with σ=0,85 |
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⦁all e⁻ in orbitals with ni=ns,p-2 or lower contribute with σ=1 |
considered e⁻ in an nd or nf orbital |
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⦁all e⁻ in same nd and nf orbitals contribute with σ=0,35 |
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⦁all the rest of e⁻ (ni≤nd,f) contribute with σ=0,35 |
Amount of nuclear charge felt by an e⁻ depends on its orbital and on the number of e⁻ inbetween itself and the nucleus
Electron Affinity
Related with the non-metallic character |
the larger EA abs. value, the easier it is to gain an electron, the less metallic the element id |
In a period, increases from left to right (as Zeff) |
In a group, increases from bottom to top |
*large number of anomalies |
B.,N,O,F |
Energy change that occurs when an atom in the gas phase gains an electron
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