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Chemistry GCSE
Atomic structure
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An
atom
is the smallest particle of an
element
that can exist.
A
molecule
is a group of atoms
chemically
bonded
Structure of an
atom
Proton - +
1
- relative mass
1
Electron -
-1
- relative mass
0.0005
Neutron
- 0 - relative mass
1
periodic
table
An
isotope
is an atom of the same
element
with the same number of
protons
but different number of
neutrons
Relative atomic mass
is the average mass of an atom of an element compared to
1/12th
the mass of an atom of
carbon-12
(
Mass
X
abundance
)+(
mass
X
abundance
)/
100
=
Ar