STRUCTURE OF ATOM

Made by :Dr. Isha jaiswal

Moderator :Dr. S.P.MISHRA
•Changes in view of “aToM”
•Democritus (400 B.C.)

• Proposed that matter was

composed of tiny indivisible
particles

• Philospher; Not based on

experimental data.

• Greek: atomos
•John Dalton (1807)

• British Schoolteacher
• Dalton’s postulate

• Proposed Ball Model

• atom is a
uniform,
solid sphere
•J. J. Thomson

• Cathode Ray Tube

Experiments
• beam of negative
particles
• Discovered Electrons
• negative particles within
the atom
• Plum-pudding Model
•Thomson’s Cathode Ray Experiment

Stream of electrons is attracted to positively charged plate here.

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•J. J. Thomson

Plum-pudding Model
• positive sphere
(pudding) with
negative electrons
(plums) dispersed
throughout
•Ernest Rutherford
Student of J.J THOMSON
Nobel prize winner.

Rutherford performed the famous

‘GOLD FOIL EXPERIMENT’.

Discovered NUCLEUS :dense, positive

charge in the center of the atom.

Proposed NUCLEAR MODEL

•Gold Foil Experiment
•Gold Foil Experiment Cont.
• Nuclear Model
• dense, positive nucleus surrounded
by negative electrons
•James Chadwick (1932)

• Discovered neutrons
• neutral particles in the
nucleus of an atom
•James Chadwick (1932)

Neutron Model
• revision of Rutherford’s Nuclear Model
•Niels Bohr • Fatherof QUANTUM
PHYSICS
• Revised RUTHERFORD’S
model .eletron is
accelerating charge.

• Energy Levels
• electrons can only exist
in specific energy states
Bright-line spectrum
• Bright-Line Spectrum :
• tried to explain presence
of specific colors in
hydrogen’s spectrum

• Planetary Model
• electrons move in circular
orbits within specific
energy levels
•Erwin Schrödinger :
Electron Cloud Model (orbital)

• dots represent probability of finding an e-

not actual electrons
ELECTRON CLOUD Model
This model is based
upon Bohr’s model,
except that electrons
orbit the nucleus in
random patterns. The
region where these
particles are found is
referred to as the
electron cloud.
Electron Clouds

Nucleus
• The Nucleus and Structure of the
Atom
• Atoms are made of three kinds of
particles: electrons, protons, and
neutrons.
• The structure of the atom

• The protons &

neutrons are present
in nucleus
• Electrons are
outside the nucleus
in the electron
cloud.
• The representation of atom
Nomenclature for Elements
"X" = Element Symbol

"Z" = ATOMIC NUMBER: no.of Protons

Each eleMenT has a unique "Z” A
"N” = no.of Neutrons
Z
X
"A" = ATOMIC MASS:no.of neutron +proton ( A = Z + N)
ISOTOPE: Atoms of same elements with same
atomic no. but different mass no.

Isobar: ATOMS OF DIFFERENT ELEMENT HAVING SAME

MASS NO. BUT DIFFERENT ATOMIC NO.
ATOMIC &NUCLEAR
STABILITY: the
forces of NATURE.
• The strong nuclear force attracts
neutrons and protons to each other,
otherwise the positively charged protons
would repel each other.
 • Electrons are bound to the
nucleus by
electromagnetic forces.
• The force is the attraction
between protons
(positive) and electrons
(negative).

 The momentum of the electron causes it to move

around the nucleus rather than falling straight in.
 • As a general rule, a
nucleus will need a
neutron/proton ratio
of 3:2 (or 1.5:1) in
order to stay
together.

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Belt of Stability As atomic mass increases,
the neutron to proton ratio for
stable nuclei increases
because proton-proton
repulsion becomes significant!!!
Nuclear forces arise form
neutrons, so the neutron to
Neutron number, N = A - Z

proton ratio must increase for

heavier elements.
N=Z

For helium He- 4 the N:P ratio is 1 : 1

For uranium U- 238 the ratio is 1 : 1.6

Proton number, Z

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• If an isotope has too many (or too few)
neutrons, the nucleus eventually breaks up
and we say the atom is radioactive.
• In a stable isotope the nucleus stays
together.
• The amount of
energy that keeps a
nucleus together is
called the Binding
Energy.
• This amount of
energy is higher for
nuclei that are stable
than it would be for
unstable nuclei.

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 Mass Defect

measurements show that the mass of a particular atom is always

slightly less than the sum of the masses of the individual protons,
neutrons and electrons of which the atom consists.

e.g. a helium nucleus consists of 2 protons and 2 neutrons

The difference
between the mass
of the atom and
the sum of the
masses of its parts
is called the mass
2 protons & 2 neutrons Helium atom defect (Dm).

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Mass defect can be converted into equivalent energy called as binding energy.

Using Einstein’s E = mc2, this is equivalent to a loss of energy

This figure is the BINDING ENERGY .

THE BINDING ENERGY of a nucleus is defined as the energy which must be input
to separate all of its protons and neutrons.

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Binding Energies are usually expressed in MeV

1 amu = 931.3 MeV

To compare the stabilities of different nuclei,

Binding Energies PER NUCLEON in the nucleus are compared.

The higher the binding energy per nucleon,

the greater the stability of the nucleus

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 56Fe

8.8 MeV

238U

BINDING ENERGY
Per NUCLEON

2H

NUCLEON NUMBER

Iron is the most stable nucleus

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 IRON

FUSION FISSION

Heavy nuclei may increase their stability by Nuclear Fission

Light nuclei may increase their stability by Nuclear Fusion

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Nuclear Fission is the fragmentation of heavy nuclei to form lighter, more stable ones.

The Fission of U - 235

235
92 U

235
92U  01n139
56 Ba  94
36 Kr  30 n  180 MeV of energy
1

This is only one of several fissures that are possible.

On average 2.5 neutrons are released
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Critical mass :is the mass required for the
chain reaction to become self-sustaining.
lost
Cause Get
more lost
fission

neutron
Be
absorbed
by an atom
Some neutrons may :

For a chain reaction to be self sustaining,

every fission must produce at least one more
neutron that will initiate further fissions.

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Thankyou verymuch for ur patient listening.

Special thanxs to S.PMISHRA SIR for his

guidance and support.