CHAPTER 5
Although three subatomic particles
had been discovered by the early
1900s, the quest to understand the
atom and its structure had just
begun.
Rutherford proposed
that all of an atom’s
positive charge and
Although his nuclear model was a major scientific development, it lacked detail about how electrons occupy the space surrounding the nucleus. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Because of this, scientists in the
early twentieth century found
Nor did it address the question of
why the negatively charged
electrons are not pulled into the
atom’s positively charged nucleus.
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Energy Levels in Atoms
• It explained only a few simple
properties of atoms.
• It could not explain the chemical
properties of elements.
For example, Rutherford’s
model could not explain why an object such as the iron
scroll shown here first glows dull red, then yellow, and then white when heated to higher and higher temperatures.
Chemists found Rutherford’s
nuclear model lacking because it
did not begin to account for the
differences in chemical behavior
among the various elements.
In the early 1900s,
scientists began to
unravel the puzzle of
chemical behavior.
They had observed that certain
elements emitted visible light when
heated in a flame.
Analysis of the emitted light
revealed that an element’s chemical
behavior is related to the arrangement
of the electrons in its atoms.
ELECTRONS!
When
excited
electrons
drop to lower
energy levels
they release
light!
Behavior of Light
In order for you to better understand this relationship and the nature of atomic
structure, it will be helpful for you to first understand the nature of light.
Light is two different things at once:
1. Particles (packets) called photons
2. Waves of energy
Light actually behaves as both a wave
Electromagnetic Radiation
(Light)
The light that we can see with our eyes is visible light.
Electromagnetic radiation – A series of
electromagnetic waves that travel in a vacuum at a
speed of light. There are many other types of radiation including:
Radio waves
Microwave
Infrared waves
Visible
Ultra Violet (UV)
X-rays
Gamma rays
Red Martians Invented Very Useful X-ray Guns.
ROY G. BIV
ROY G. BIV is an acronym that helps us
remember the order of the visible light spectrum
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. As you approach violet, the frequency (and
Light and Quantized Energy
By the year 1900, there was enough experimental evidence to convince
scientists that light consisted of waves. What are waves?
Mechanical waves – require a medium to travel
(air, water, or rope).
Light and Quantized Energy
Wave Properties
Wavelength (λ or lambda) – distance between
the crests
1nm = 1 × 10-9 m
Amplitude – height from origin to crest,
Common wavelength units for electromagnetic radiation
Picometer pm 10-12 Gamma ray
Ångstrom Å 10-10 X-ray
Nanometer nm 10-9 X-ray
Micrometer mm 10-6 Infrared
Millimeter mm 10-3 Infrared
Centimeter cm 10-2 Microwave
Meter m 100 Radio
Unit Symbol Wavelength, (m) Type of Radiation
Light and Quantized Energy
Wave Properties
Frequency ( or nu) – the number of wave
cycles that pass a given point per unit of time.
The SI unit of cycles per second is called
hertz.
1 hertz (Hz) = 1 wave per second
1MHz = 1 106 Hz
562 Hz = 562 waves/second = 562 = 562s-1
Light and Quantized Energy
Wave Nature of light
All electromagnetic light moves at the
speed of 3.00 × 108 m/s and is
represented by the symbol, c.
The speed of light is the product of the
wavelength (λ) and frequency ().
c
=
l
c = speed of light (3.00 x 108 m/s)
= frequency (Hz = 1/s = s-1)
Light and Quantized Energy
•
Although the speed of electromagnetic
waves is constant, the frequency and the
wavelength may vary.
•
As you can see from the equation,
Light and Quantized Energy
What is the wavelength of a
microwave having a frequency of 3.44
x 109 Hz?
= 8.72 × 10
-2m
l
c
l
c
1 -9
8
s
10
3.44
m/s
10
3.00
Light and Quantized Energy
A helium-neon laser emits light with a
wavelength of 633 nm. What is the frequency of this light? Remember: 1nm=1x10-9m.
c = 3.00 108 m/s
λ = 633 nm
l
c
l
c
m
10
6.33
s
m
10
3.00
7 8
4.74
10
14Hz
Light and Quantized Energy
Particle Nature of Light
While considering light as
a wave does explain much of its everyday behavior, it fails to adequately
describe important aspects of light’s
interactions with matter.
Glowing substances
Photoelectric effect
Light and Quantized Energy
Particle Nature of Light
The wave model of light cannot
explain why heated objects emit
only certain frequencies of light at
a given temperature, or why some
metals emit electrons when
Light and Quantized Energy
Particle Nature of Light
In 1900, the German physicist
Max Planck began searching for an explanation as he studied
the light emitted from heated objects.
matter can gain or lose energy
only in small, specific amounts called quanta.
Quantum – minimum amount
of energy that can be gained or lost by an atom.
1858–1947
Continuous vs. Quantized
Energy
E
ne
rg
y
A B
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Light and Quantized Energy
Particle Nature of Light
Planck found that the energy of a
quantum of energy (photon) is
directly proportional to the
frequency.
E = h
E = energy (Joules or J)h = Planck’s constant (6.626 x10-34 Js)
Light and Quantized Energy
What is the energy of a photon from
the violet portion of the rainbow if it
has a frequency of 7.23 x 1014 Hz?
E = (6.626 × 10
-34J·s)(7.23 × 10
14s
-1)
E = 4.79 × 10
-19J
h
Seeing the Light
To calculate the energy of
electromagnetic radiation:
E
=
hc
l
E = energy of the electromagnetic radiation
h = 6.626 x 10-34 J . s
c = 3.00 x 108 m/s (speed of light)
Photon Energy Problem 2
What is the energy of blue light that has a wavelength of 450.0 nm? 1 nm = 1 10-9 m
= 4.500 10-7 m
E
=
hc
l
E = (6.626x10-34 Js)(3.00x108
m/s)
4.500x10-7 m
= 4.42 10-19 J
Light and Quantized Energy
Particle Nature of Light
Photoelectric effect – electrons, called
photoelectrons, will be emitted from a
Light and Quantized Energy
Einstein's explanation treated light like
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The Quantum Concept and
Photons
No electrons are
ejected because the frequency of the light is below the threshold frequency.
If the light is at or above the threshold frequency, electrons are ejected.
If the frequency is
increased, the ejected electrons will travel faster.
Quantum Theory
•
Einstein
(1905)– Concluded - light has properties of both
waves and particles
“
wave-particle duality
”
– Photon - particle of light that carries a
quantum of energy
Light and Quantized Energy
Particle Nature of Light
Atomic emission spectrum –
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A prism separates light into the colors it contains. White light produces a rainbow of colors.
Light and Atomic Emission
Spectra
Light bulb
Slit Prism
Screen
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Light from a helium lamp produces discrete lines.
Light and Atomic Emission
Spectra
Slit Prism
Screen
Helium lamp
• The energy absorbed by an electron for it to
move from its current energy level to a higher energy level is identical to the energy of the light emitted by the electron as it drops back to its original energy level.
• The wavelengths of the spectral lines are
characteristic of the element, and they make up the atomic emission spectrum of the element.
• No two elements have the same emission
spectrum.
Light and Atomic Emission
Spectra
Electromagnetic Radiation
Light as a wave
Light as a stream of energy (packets of photons)
Continuous and Line
Spectra
4000 Ao 5000 6000 7000
light
Na
H
Ca
Hg
400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 nm Visible
spectrum
Quantum Theory and the
Atom
Energy levels – electrons orbit in circles around the nucleus
at fixed energy amounts (quantized).
Ground State – an atoms electrons are at the lowest energy levels
The higher the energy level the farther it is from the nucleus.
Quantum
Quantum Theory and the
Atom
Building on Planck’s and Einstein’s
concepts of quantized energy (quantized means that only certain values are
allowed), Bohr proposed that the
hydrogen atom has only certain allowable energy states.
Bohr’s Experiment
•
When an atom gains energy, it is
said to be in an
excited state
.
•
Although a hydrogen atom contains
only a single electron, it is capable
of having many different excited
states.
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The rungs on this ladder are
somewhat
like the energy levels in Bohr’s
model
of the atom.
A person on a ladder cannotstand between the rungs. Similarly, electrons can
only be at
specific energy levels, NOT between levels.
The Bohr Model
e
-e- Ground state
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The rungs on this ladder are
somewhat like the energy
levels in Bohr’s model of the
atom.
The Bohr Model
• The energy levels in
atoms are unequally spaced, like the
rungs in this unusual ladder. The higher
An Excited Lithium Atom
Zumdahl, Zumdahl, DeCoste, World of Chemistry 2002, page 326
Photon of red light emitted
Li atom in
lower energy state Excited Li atom
E
n
e
rg
Color = Energy of Photons
Bohr model of the atom
Bohr was able to use his model hydrogen to:
• Account for the observed spectral lines. • Calculate the radius for hydrogen atoms.
His model did not account for:
• Atoms other than hydrogen. • Why energy was quantized.
Quantum Theory and the Atom
In 1924, a young French
graduate student in physics named Louis de Broglie
proposed an idea that
eventually accounted for the fixed energy levels of Bohr’s model.
If waves could be treated like a particle, could particles be treated like waves?
Electron behavior might be explained if we treat
electrons, a particle, as a wave.
De Broglie knew that if
an electron has wavelike motion and is restricted to circular orbits of fixed radius, the electron is allowed only certain possible wavelengths, frequencies, and
energies. In other words, it would be quantized just like observed.
=
=
Quantum Theory and the Atom
Developing his idea, de Broglie derived an equation for the wavelength (λ) of a particle of mass (m) moving at velocity (ν).
Does it work?
Experiments show that the smaller the particle, the more it acts like a wave!
v
h
m
Quantum Theory and the
Atom
Step by step, scientists such as
Rutherford, Bohr, and de Broglie had been unraveling the mysteries of the atom.
• However, a conclusion
reached by the German
theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg a contemporary of de Broglie, proved to
have profound implications for atomic models.
Quantum Theory and the
Atom
Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
You can’t precisely know both the position
and velocity of a particle at the same time.
No, but I know where I’m at! Do you
know how fast you
were going?
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• To locate an electron, you might strike it with a
photon.
• The electron has such a small mass that striking
it with a photon affects its motion in a way that cannot be predicted accurately.
• The very act of measuring the position of the
electron changes its velocity, making its velocity uncertain.
Quantum Mechanics
Before
collision: A photon strikes an electron during an attempt to observe the electron’s position. After
collision: The impact changes the electron’s velocity,
Quantum Theory and the
Atom
In 1926, Austrian
physicist Erwin
Schrödinger furthered the wave-particle theory
proposed by de Broglie.
•
Schrödinger derived an equation
that described the behavior of the
electron in a hydrogen atom as a
wave.
Quantum Theory and the
Atom
Remarkably, unlike Bohr’s model,
Schrödinger’s new model for the hydrogen atom seemed to apply
equally well to atoms of all elements!
The modern description of the electrons in atoms, the quantum mechanical
model, came from the mathematical
Quantum Theory
and the Atom
In the quantum mechanical model, electron
position and energy are described using energy levels, energy sublevels, orbital shapes, and spin.
The probability of finding an electron within a
space surrounding the nucleus can be
represented as a fuzzy cloud like region. The cloud is more dense where the probability of finding the electron is high.
nucleus
electron cloud
Models of the Atom
Dalton’s model (1803)
Thomson’s plum-pudding model (1897)
Rutherford’s model (1909)
Bohr’s model (1913)
Quantum mechanical model (present)
Dorin, Demmin, Gabel, Chemistry The Study of Matter , 3rd Edition, 1990, page 125
Greek model (400 B.C.) + -e e e + + + + + + + + e e e e e e e
Quantum Theory and the Atom
Principal Energy Level (n)
Describes distance from the nucleus and
general energy.
n = 1, 2, 3, 4, ….
The higher the energy level the greater the
average distance from the nucleus.
Each energy level contains sublevels
The number of sublevels on a level is equal to
the energy level (n).
1st energy level has 1 sublevel (1s)
2nd energy level has 2 sublevels (2s, 2p)
3rd energy level has 3 sublevels (3s, 3p, 3d)
Quantum Theory and the Atom
Each sublevel contains orbitals.
orbital: a three-dimensional region around the
nucleus in which an electron moves and is found 90% of the time.
Each orbital can hold up to two electrons.
The total number of orbitals on a level = n2. Each sublevel has a different shape of orbital
on the level.
These shapes are represented by the symbols s, p, d,
Quantum Theory and the Atom
s Orbitals
Each level has one s shaped (spherical)
sublevel
Only 1 orientation on sublevel
An s sublevel can hold 2 electrons
Quantum Theory and the Atom
p Orbitals
2nd energy level and above have a p
sublevel
3 orientations on each sublevel
p Sublevel can hold up to 6 electrons
2px 2p
Quantum Theory and the Atom
d orbitals
3rd energy level and above have a d
sublevel
5 orientations on each sublevel
d sublevel can hold up to 10 electrons
) (x2 y2
Quantum Theory and the Atom
f Orbitals
4th energy level and above have a f
sublevel
7 orientations on each sublevel
f sublevel can hold up to 14 electrons
) 3 (x2 y2 x
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Atomic Orbitals
Summary of Principal Energy Levels and Sublevels
Princip al energy level Numbe r of sublev els
Type of sublevel
Maximu m number of electro ns
n = 1 1 1s (1 orbital) 2
n = 2 2 2s (1 orbital), 2p (3 orbitals) 8
n = 3 3 3orbitals)s (1 orbital), 3p (3 orbitals), 3d (5 18
n = 4 4 4orbitals),s (1 orbital), 4p (3 orbitals), 4d (5 4f (7 orbitals)
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Electron Configurations General
Rules
Rule 1:
Aufbau Principle
– Electrons occupy
the orbitals of the lowest energy
orbitals first.
– “Lazy Tenant Rule”
Aufbau Chart
1s
2s 2p
3s 3p 3d
4s 4p 4d 4f
5s 5p 5d 5f
6s 6p 6d 6f
7s 7p 7d 7f
1s
22s
22p
63s
23p
63d
104s
24p
64d
104f
145s
25p
65d
105f
146s
26p
66d
106f
14s
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
2 Hep
2
3
4
5
6
d
3
4
5
6
f
4
5
0 1A 1 H Hydrogen1.0079 2A 3A 4A 5A 6A 7A
2 He Helium 4.0026 3 Li Lithium 6.941 4 Be Beryllium 9.0122 5 B Boron 10.81 6 C Carbon 12.011 7 N Nitrogen 14.007 8 O Oxygen 15.999 9 F Fluorine 18.998 10 Ne Neon 20.179 11 Na Sodium 22.990 12 Mg Magnesium
24.305 3B 4B 5B 6B 7B
8B
1B 2B 13 Al Aluminum 26.982 14 Si Silicon 28.086 15 P Phosphorus 30.974 16 S Sulfur 32.06 17 Cl Chlorine 35.453 18 Ar Argon 39.948 19 K Potassium 39.098 20 Ca Calcium 40.08 21 Sc Scandium 44.956 22 Ti Titanium 47.90 23 V Vanadium 50.941 24 Cr Chromium 51.996 25 Mn Manganese 54.938 26 Fe Iron 55.847 27 Co Cobalt 58.933 28 Ni Nickel 58.71 29 Cu Copper 63.546 30 Zn Zinc 65.38 31 Ga Gallium 69.72 32 Ge Germanium 72.59 33 As Arsenic 74.922 34 Se Selenium 78.96 35 Br Bromine 79.904 36 Kr Krypton 83.80 37 Rb Rubidium 85.468 38 Sr Strontium 87.62 39 Y Yttrium 88.906 40 Zr Zirconium 91.22 41 Nb Niobium 92.906 42 Mo Molybdenum 95.94 43 Technetium (97) 44 Ru Ruthenium 101.07 45 Rh Rhodium 102.91 46 Pd Palladium 106.4 47 Ag Silver 107.87 48 Cd Cadmium 112.41 49 In Indium 114.82 50 Sn Tin 118.69 51 Sb Antimony 121.75 52 Te Tellurium 127.60 53 I Iodine 126.90 54 Xe Xenon 131.30 55 Cs Cesium 132.91 56 Ba Barium 137.33 71 Lu Lutetium 174.97 72 Hf Hafnium 178.49 73 Ta Tantalum 180.95 74 W Tungsten 183.85 75 Re Rhenium 186.21 76 Os Osmium 190.2 77 Ir Iridium 192.22 78 Pt Platinum 195.09 79 Au Gold 196.97 80 Hg Mercury 200.59 81 Tl Thallium 204.37 82 Pb Lead 207.2 83 Bi Bismuth 208.98 84 Po Polonium (209) 85 At Astatine (210) 86 Rn Radon (222) 87 Fr Francium (223) 88 Ra Radium (226) 103 Lawrencium (260) 104 Rutherforium (261) 105 Dubnium (262) 106 Seaborgium (263) 107 Bohrium (262) 108 Hassium (265) 109 Meitnerium (266) 110 (269) 111 (272) 112 (277) 11 Na Sodium 22.990 57 La Lanthanum 138.91 58 Ce Cerium 140.12 59 Pr Praseodymium 140.91 60 Nd Neodymium 144.24 61 Pm Promethium (145) 62 Sm Samarium 150.4 63 Eu Europium 151.96 64 Gd Gadolinium 157.25 65 Tb Terbium 158.93 66 Dy Dysprosium 162.50 67 Ho Holmium 164.93 68 Er Erbium 167.26 69 Tm Thulium 168.93 70 Yb Ytterbium 173.04 89 Ac Actinium (227) 90 Th Thorium 232.04 91 Pa Protactinium 231.04 92 U Uranium 238.03 93 Neptunium 237.05 94 Plutonium (244) 95 Americium (243) 96 Curium (247) 97 Berkelium (247) 98 Californium (251) 99 Einsteinium (254) 100 Fermium (257) 101 Menelevium (258) 102 Nobelium (259) Atomic Number Element Name Average Atomic Mass
Element Symbol
*Outlined symbols ( ) are not found in nature.
Electron Configurations
2.
Pauli exclusion principle – an
atomic orbtial may describe at
most two electrons, each with
opposite spin direction.
No 2 electrons in an atom can have the
same four quantum numbers (level, sublevel shape, orientation, and spin).
Carbon ↑↓ ↑↓ ↑ ↑ __
1s 2s 2p Same level,
sublevel, and spin,
but different orientation Same level,
General Rules
•
Pauli Exclusion Principle
– Each orbital can hold TWO electrons with
opposite spins.
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3. Hund’s Rule
–Electrons occupy orbitals of
the same energy in a way that makes the
number of electrons with the same spin
direction as large as possible.
When filing a sublevel with multiple orbitals
(p, d, or f), each orbital must have one
electron before any orbital has a second
electron.
– Within a sublevel, place one electron per orbital
before pairing them.
– “Empty Bus Seat Rule”
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Electron Configurations
Orbital Notation
shows every occupied orbital in every
sublevel with electrons. Arrows or slashes are used to show the electrons and the
direction of spin (↑ or ↓) or (/ or \)
Electron Configurations
Since:
s orbitals can hold 2 electrons, draw 1
square.
p orbitals can hold 6 electrons, draw 3
squares.
d orbitals can hold 10 electrons, draw 5
squares.
f orbitals can hold 14 electrons, draw 7
Electron Configurations
Electron Configuration Notation
each sublevel with electrons is described
with the number of electrons in the sublevel as a superscript.
Carbon:
O 8e
-
Electron Configuration
Orbital Notation
1s
2
2s
2
2p
4
Notation
1s
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H : 1s1
1s
He : 1s2
1s
Li : 1s2 2s1
1s 2s
Be : 1s2 2s2
1s 2s
C : 1s2 2s2 2p2
1s 2s 2p
S : 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2
3p4
1s 2s 2p 3s 3p
Fe : 1s2 2s22p63s23p64s23d6Iron has ___
electrons.
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Electron Configurations
Noble Gas or Shorthand Notation
Electron configuration except the inner
neon's e- configuration (1s22s22p6)
Shorthand Configuration
[Ne] 3
s
1third energy level
one electron in the s orbital
orbital shape
[1
s
22
s
22
p
6] 3
s
1 electron configurationA
B
C
D
1s22s22p63s23p64s23d104p65s24d105p66s24f145d106p2
Xe
Pb: [Xe]6s24f145d106p2
Na
Shorthand Configuration
[Ar] 4s2
Electron configuration Element symbol
[Ar] 4s2 3d3
[Rn] 7s2 5f14 6d4
[He] 2s2 2p5
Exception [Kr] 5s1 4d10
[Kr] 5s2 4d10 5p5
[Kr] 5s2 4d10 5p6
Ca
V
Sg
F
Ag I
Xe
Fe [Ar] 4s23d6
Exceptions to the predicted
electron configurations
Two elements of the first 40 elements have
electron configurations different from what would be normally predicted.
Predicted: Cr: [Ar] 4s23d4
Actual: Cr: [Ar] 4s13d5
Chromium gains stability with a half-full d-sublevel.
Applies to Cr and Mo.
4s 3d
Exceptions to the predicted
electron configurations
Predicted: Cu: [Ar] 4s23d9
Actual: Cu: [Ar] 4s13d10
Copper gains stability with a full d-sublevel.
Applies to all atoms in the same column as copper.
4s 3d
Electron Configurations
Electron Dot Notation
The element symbol represents the inner level
electrons and dots are used to show the valence(outside) electrons.
Valence electrons are the electrons that are usually
involved in reactions
The total number of valence electrons=outer s and p
electrons
Space out electrons with no more than 2 to a side
Electron Dot Diagrams
H Li Na K Be Mg Ca B Al Ga C Si Ge N P As O S Se F Cl Br Ne Ar Kr He Group1A 2A 3A 4A 5A 6A 7A 8A
= valence electron
s1 s2 s2p1 s2p2 s2p3 s2p4 s2p5 s2p6
1 2 13 14 15 16 17 18
Stable Electron
Configurations
All atoms react to achieve noble gas configuration.
Noble gases have two s and six p electrons. Eight valence electrons .
Also called the octet rule.
Electron Configurations for
Cations
Metals lose electrons to attain noble gas
configuration.
They make positive ions.
If we look at electron configuration it
makes sense.
Na [Ne]3s1 - 1 valence electron
Ca
2 +
Electron Dots For Cations
Metals will have few valence electrons
These will come off
Forming positive ions 40.078
Ca
20
Electron Configurations for
Anions
Nonmetals gain electrons to attain noble
gas configuration.
They make negative ions.
If we look at electron configuration it
makes sense.
S [Ne]3s23p4 - 6 valence electrons
S2- [Ne]3s23p6 -noble gas configuration.
Electron Dots For Anions
Nonmetals will have many valence
electrons.
They will gain electrons to fill outer
shell.