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The observation that atoms of a single element can have different masses helped scientists refine the nuclear model still further. They realized that an atomic nucleus must contain subatomic particles other than protons and proposed that it also contains electrically neutral particles called neutrons (denoted n). Because neutrons have no electric charge, their presence does not affect the nuclear charge or the number of electrons in the atom. However, they do add substantially to the mass of the nucleus, so different numbers of neutrons in a nucleus give rise to atoms of different masses, even though the atoms belong to the same element. As we can see from Table B.l, neutrons and protons are very similar apart from their charge they are jointly known as nucleons. 

B.10 (a) What characteristics do atoms of carbon-12, carbon-13, and carbon-14 have in common (b) In what ways are they different (Consider the numbers and types of subatomic particles.)... 

EXAMPLE 3.3. Refer to Tabic 3-2 and deduce which two of the types of subatomic particles in an uncombincd atom occur in equal numbers. 

The number of which subatomic particle is different in atoms of two isotopes ... 

Ans. (a) The nucleus is a distinct part of the atom. Neutrons are subatomic particles which, along with protons, are located in the nucleus. (b) Mass number refers to individual isotopes. It is the sum of the numbers of protons and neutrons. Atomic weight refers to the naturally occurring mixture of isotopes, and is the relative mass of the average atom compared to l2C. (/) Atomic mass is the same as atomic weight [see (b)]. Atomic mass unit is the unit of atomic weight. 

All of the artificial elements prepared thus far are radioactive. That is, of their own accord, they break down into elements of different atomic number, often with the release of tremendous quantities of energy. A few of the first 92 elements are also radioactive. They have unstable nuclei which often shoot out particles as radiation. Radiation is the name for various rays of subatomic particles given off by radioactive elements. 

The internal structure of the atom, that is, how the subatomic particles are arranged in space within the atom, is very complicated. All the protons, plus varying numbers of electrically neutral particles called neutrons, cluster inside the central nucleus. The 1... 

Neutrino deficit Subatomic particles predicted to be released by the nuclear reactions on the Sun and should be detected on Earth. The number of neutrinos observed on Earth is much less than predicted by the models of solar nuclear fusion. 

Most nuclear reactions involve the breaking apart of the nucleus into two or more different elements or subatomic particles. If we know all but one of the particles, then the unknown particle can be determined by balancing the nuclear equation. When chemical equations are balanced, we add coefficients to ensure that there are the same number of each type of atom on both the left and right of the reaction arrow. However, in order to balance nuclear equations we ensure that there is the same sum of both mass numbers and atomic numbers on the left and right of the reaction arrow. Recall that we can represent a specific isotope of an element by the following symbolization ... 

The NMR phenomenon is based on the magnetic properties of nuclei and their interactions with applied magnetic fields either from static fields or alfemaling RF fields. Quanfum mechanically subatomic particles (protons and neutrons) have spin. In some nuclei these spins are paired and cancel each other out so that the nucleus of the atom has no overall spin that is, when the number of protons and neutrons is equal. However, in many cases the sum of the number of protons and neutrons is an odd number, giving rise to... 

The must-know information about the three subatomic particles is in Table 3-1. Notice that protons and electrons have equal and opposite charges and that neutrons are neutral. Atoms always have an equal number of protons and electrons, so the overall charge of an atom is neutral (that is to say, zero). 

Why, you may wonder, don t we care about the mass of the electrons Is some sort of insidious subatomic particle-ism afoot No. An electron has only 1/1,836 of the mass of a proton or neutron, so to make mass numbers nice and even, chemists have decided to conveniently forget that electrons have mass. Although this assumption is not, well, true, the contributions of electrons to the mass of an atom are so small that the assumption is usually harmless. Electron mass is accounted for at the upper levels of chemistry, however, so don t worry. 

The basic building block of all matter is called an atom. Atoms are a collection of various subatomic particles containing negatively charged electrons, positively charged protons and neutral particles called neutrons. Each element has its own unique number of protons, neutrons and electrons. Both protons and neutrons have mass, whereas the mass of electrons is negligible. Protons and neutrons exist at the centre of the atom in the nucleus. 

Neutrons and Protons. By 1932, it had been established Uiat atomic nuclei are made of comparatively small numbers of neutrons and protons. Even prior to the use of particle accelerators and the birth of high-energy physics, other expenments continued to hint at the need of additional subatomic particles to satisfy any theory that would unify scientists understanding of the atom s infrastructure,... 

PSI PARTICLE. Discovery of this subatomic particle in 1974 was announced independently by Ting (Brookhaven National Laboratory) who named it the J particle and by B.D. Richter (Stanford) who named it the psi particle. The discovery of this particle resolved a number of important problems in particle physics. Intensive research on the psi particle was carried out by Richter and the Stanford group during 1975 and 1976 and is reported firsthand by Richter (Science, 196, 1286-1297.1977). As pointed out by Richter, the four-quark theoretical model became much more compelling with the discovery of the psi particles, The long life of the psi is explained by the fact that the decay of the psi into ordinary hadrons requires the conversion of both c and c into other quarks and antiquarks. See also Particles (Subatomic). 

Two hundred years ago, Dalton pictured atoms as featureless spheres like billiard balls. Today we know that atoms have an internal structure they are built from even smaller subatomic particles. By investigating the internal structure of atoms, we can come to see how one element differs from another. The differences depend on the number of each type of subatomic particle in the atoms. 

Further experiments by Rutherford and others in the period from 1910 to 1930 showed that a nucleus is composed of two kinds of particles, called protons and neutrons. Protons have a mass of 1.672 622 X 10 24g (about 1836 times greater than that of an electron) and are positively charged. Because the charge on a proton is opposite in sign but equal in size to that on an electron, the numbers of protons and electrons in a neutral atom are equal. Neutrons (1.674 927 x 10-24 g) are almost identical in mass to protons but carry no charge, and the number of neutrons in a nucleus is not directly related to the numbers of protons and electrons. Table 2.1 compares the three fundamental subatomic particles, and Figure 2.6 gives an overall view of the atom. 

Subatomic Particles radioactive decay rate electronic random number generators. 

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