Honors Chemistry Chapter 2 Review Topics:
Atomic Theory: Democritus, Dalton and Modern
Law of Conservation of Mass
Law of Definite (or Constant) Composition
Law of Multiple Proportions
Discovery of atomic particles:
Electron – Cathode Ray tube - Thompson and Millikin oil drop experiment
Thompson’s “Plum Pudding” Model of the atom
Nucleus – Rutherford (Gold foil experiment)
Proton – Rutherford
Neutron – Chadwick
Radioactivity – Henri Becquerel
3 types of radiation – alpha, beta, gamma - Rutherford
Properties of atomic particles: size, charge, mass, AMU (or U)
Angstrom
Isotopes, atomic number, mass number, nuclides
Atomic Mass (or Weight)
Periodic Table: period (or series), group (or family); metals, non-metals, metalloids (or
semimetals)
Molecule
Diatomic molecules-MEMORIZE
Molecular formula
Empirical (or simplest) formula
Structural formula
Ions: cation, anion
Memorize common ion tables
Predicting ionic or covalent compounds and ionic charges using the Periodic Table
Writing and naming ionic formulas and acid names and formulas
Naming covalent diatomic compounds using the prefix system and the Roman Numeral System.