Chem AS F321 definitions

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Relative isotopic mass The mass of an atom of an isotope compared with one-twelfth of the mass of an atom of carbon-12.
Relative atomic mass (Ar) The weighted mean mass of an atom of an element, compared with one-twelfth of the mass of an atom of carbon-12.
Isotopes Atoms of an element with different numbers of neutrons and different masses.
Relative molecular (Mr)/formula mass The weighted mean mass of a molecule/formula unit, compared with one-twelfth of the mass of an atom of carbon-12.
Molar mass (M) of a substance is the mass of one mole of a substance. It has units of gmol-1
Avogadro constant (NA) The number of entities per mole (6.02 x 10^23 mol-1 - number given on data sheet) i.e number of atoms per mole of the carbon-12 isotope.
Amount of substance The quantity whose unit is the mole. Chemists use 'amount of substance' as a means of counting atoms.
Mole (symbol 'mol') The unit for amount of substance (a mole is the amount of any substance containing as many particles as there are carbon atoms in exactly 12g of C-12).
Empirical formula The simplest whole number ratio of atoms of each element present in a compound.
Molecular formula The ACTUAL number of atoms of each element in a molecule.
"Anhydrous" Refers to a substance that contains no water molecules.
"Hydrated" Refers to a crystalline compound containing water molecules.
"Water of crystallisation" Refers to water molecules that form an essential part of the crystalline structure of a compound.
Oxidation Loss of electrons/increase in oxidation number.
Reduction REMEMBER "OIL RIG" Gain of electrons/decrease in oxidation number.
First ionisation energy The energy required to remove one electron from each atom in one mole of GASEOUS ATOMS, to form one mole of GASEOUS 1+ IONS.
Successive ionisation energy The energy required to remove each electron in turn e.g. second ionisation energy - the energy required to remove one electron from each ION in one mole of gaseous 1+ IONS, to form one mole of gaseous 2+ IONS.
Covalent bond A shared pair of electrons
Electronegativity The ability of an atom to attract the bonding electrons in a covalent bond.
Hydrogen bond A strong dipole-dipole attraction between an electron-deficient H atom on one molecule, and a lone pair of electrons on a highly electronegative atom on a DIFFERENT MOLECULE. (between molecules containing -OH (e.g. water) and -NH (e.g. NH3) groups.
Metallic bonding The attraction of positive ions to delocalised electrons.
Ionic bonding Electrostatic attraction between oppositely-charged ions.
Atomic Number is the number of protons in an atom of an element
Mass number number of proton +neutrons in the nucleus of an atom
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