Chapter 1

Mass of: Proton
Neutron
Electron

Charge of: Proton
Neutron
Electron

Nucleons

What are nucleons held together by?
What does this cause?

Ion

What is a mass spectrometer?

Which is the only atom with an isotope with an RAM that's an even number?
Why is this?

What does a mass spectrometer do?

When is mass spectrometry used in real life?

How do mass spectrometers separate different isotopes?

What are the 4 stages in a Time of flight (TOF) mass spectrometer?

What condition does a TOF spectrometer have to be in?
Why?

What happens during the Ionisation stage in a TOF mass spectrometer?
(Electrospray ionisation)

What happens during the Ionisation stage in a TOF mass spectrometer?
(Electron impact)

What is an electron gun made from?

What happens in the acceleration stage in a TOF mass spectrometer?

What happens in the ion drift stage in a TOF mass spectrometer?

What happens in the detection stage in a TOF mass spectrometer?

What is an isotope?

What is a principal quantum number?

What is the Heisenberg uncertainty principle?

What shapes are the orbitals?

What can each orbital contain?

What are electrons?

What is different about the electron configuration of copper and chromium?

Why do sub-levels overlap?

How do electrons move levels?

What happens when electrons come back down from promotion?

Why can zinc not be promoted?

What is 1st ionisation energy?

What is the affect of Charge on nucleus on IE?

What is the affect of distance of electron from nucleus on IE?

What is the affect of amount of shielding between outer electrons and nucleus on IE?