Counting Atoms

Element/Periodic Table Review

Find the name and symbol for: Group 16, Period 3

S - Sulfur Ge - Germanium Eu - Europium Th - Thorium

A metalloid named after a country.

A rare earth element named after a continent. A rare earth element named after a super hero.

Which transition metals have symbols which dont match their name?

Be or not to ___! Be To ___

W, Fe, Ag, Au, Hg, Cu

Which element completes this statement?

Beryllium

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Name Meaning Example

Ca 1
symbol

The symbol of an element represents one atom _____ ______ of that element

Ca = calcium O = oxygen Au = gold Ne = neon

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Name Meaning Example
Ca3N2 Ca: 3 atoms of calcium N: 2 atoms of nitrogen Total of 5 atoms in 1 molecule of calcium nitride

2 Ca3N2

A subscript is a number lower ______ right written at the ______ corner behind the ________ symbol of an element. The subscript is used to indicate the number of _______ atoms in a molecule.

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Name Meaning Example Ca3(PO4)2 Ca = 3 atoms of calcium A subscript outside the bracket indicates that multiply you must __________ all the elements inside ______ the bracket by the number written outside _______ the bracket. P = 1 x 2 = 2 atoms of phosphorus O = 4 x 2 = 8 atoms of Oxygen Total of 13 atoms in 1 molecule of calcium phosphate.

3 Ca3(PO4)2

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Name Meaning Example

6C

A coefcient is a number chemical written in front of a _________ ________ symbol and indicates the number of atoms of that element __________

6C C: 6 carbon atoms

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Name Meaning A coefcient is a number written in front of a chemical _formula __________ ________ and indicates the number of molecules of that ___________ compound. Example 5 Al2O3 Al: 5 x 2 = 10
atoms of aluminum

5 Al2O3

O: 5 x 3 = 15
atoms of Oxygen

multiplies A coefcient ___ ________ the number of atoms of each element in the formula.

25 atoms in 5 molecules of aluminum oxide

BaCl2 Name of Atom barium chlorine Total # of Atoms # of atoms 1 2 1+2=3

H2O Name of Atom hydrogen oxygen Total # of Atoms # of atoms 2 1 2+1=3

AgNO3 Name of Atom silver nitrogen oxygen Total # of Atoms # of atoms 1 1 3 1+1+3=5

Na2CO3 Name of Atom sodium carbon oxygen Total # of Atoms # of atoms 2 1 3 2+1+3=6

Al(SiO3)3 Name of Atom aluminum silicon oxygen Total # of Atoms # of atoms 1 1x3=3 3x3=9 1 + 3 + 9 = 13

4 Cl2O7 Name of Atom chlorine oxygen Total # of Atoms # of atoms 2 7 (2 + 7) x 4 = 36

2 V2(SO4)5 Name of Atom vanadium sulfur oxygen Total # of Atoms # of atoms 2 1x5=5 4 x 5 = 20 (2 + 5 + 20) x 2 = 54

2 Mg(IO3)2 Name of Atom magnesium iodine oxygen Total # of Atoms # of atoms 1 1x2=2 3x2=6 (1 + 2 + 6) x 2 = 18