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Chapter 3 - Atoms: The Building Blocks of Matter Chapter 21 - Nuclear Chemistry**
 * Syllabus -


 * Assignments**

1. Read sections 1 and 2, pages 67-76. Do questions and problems, pages 89-90, #1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 32 and 34.

Know the following theories and laws and how they relate to each other: Dalton's Atomic Theory, The Law of Definite Proportions, The Law of Multiple Proportions and the Law of Conservation of Mass.

Vocabulary Terms: Dalton's Atomic Theory, The Law of Definite Proportions, The Law of Multiple Proportions, the Law of Conservation of Mass, atom, electron, proton, neutron, nucleus, nuclear forces.

2. Read section 3, pages 77-87. Do questions and problems, page 89, #7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17 and 18.

Know how to determine the mass of a mole of an element. Know how to convert from moles to mass, mass to moles, moles to number of atoms, number of atoms to moles, mass to number of atoms, and number of atoms to mass.

Vocabulary Terms: atomic number, isotope, nuclide, atomic mass unit (amu), average atomic mass, mole, Avogadro's number, molar mass.

3. Do problems, pages 89-90, #19, 20, 21, 22 (a-c), 23(a-b), 24(a-d), 28(e-h).

4. Read sections 1 and 2, chapter 21, pages 681 to 692. Do questions and problems, pages 703-704, #9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 26, 27, 28 and 29.

Know how to write nuclear equations. Know how to determine the half-life of a substance given the appropriate data or, given the half-life, know how to determine either the amount of decayed sample or the amount of radioactive sample that remains.

Vocabulary Terms: nuclear reaction, transmutation, radioactive decay, alpha particle, beta particle, positron, electron capture, gamma ray, half-life, decay series, parent nuclide, daughter nuclide.

5. Read sections 3 and 4, pages 693 to 699. Do questions and problems, pages 704-705, #30, 31, 34, 40, 41, 42, 43 and 44.

Vocabulary Terms: roentgen, radioactive dating, radioactive tracers, nuclear fission, chain reaction, critical mass, nuclear fusion.


 * Laboratory Work**

1. Penny Isotope Lab 2. Iron-Copper Chloride Reaction 3. Half-Life and M&Ms


 * Additional Activities**

1. Review Worksheet 2. Nuclear Equations Worksheet 3. Half-Life Worksheet 4. Model of an Atom - Can You Think Like Rutherford?


 * Tentative Test Date -**