Questions comments? mailto:warburto@fau.eduThe first midterm will be given on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. It will cover the following pages of the assigned reading:
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4, pp 66-80
In addition, the lecture material will be tested, as will homework exercises #’s 1 and 2
Mineralogy
Definitions
Georgius Agricola
Nicholas Steno
Physical properties
Hardness
Moh's scale - named for Friedrich Mohs
Density
Units
Avogadro's number
Specific gravity
Tenacity
Brittle
Malleable
Ductile
Sectile
Flexible
Elastic
Tough
Luster
Metallic
Semi-metallic
Non-metallic
Adamantine
Vitreous
Subvitreous
Greasy
Pearly
Silky
Resinous
Waxy
Dull
Earthy
Modifers
Splendent
Shining
Dull
Diaphaneity
Transparent
Translucent
Opaque
Color
Allochromatic
Idiochromatic
Streak color
Unglazed porceling plate
Iridescence
Opalescence
Schiller luster
Play of Colors
Cleavage
American and British Systems
Number of directions and the angle between directions
Fracture
Even
Uneven
Splintery
Hackly
Conchoidal
Parting
Magnetism
Taste
Smell
Feel
Pyroelectric
Heat detector
Piezoeletric
Discovered by Pierre and Jacques Curie
Polar axis
Non-centrosymmetric
Tensor
First-order (vector) through fourth order
Scaler
Piezometer
Converse piezoelectric effect or electrostriction
Quartz oscillator
Radioactivity
Chemical Properties
Acid Reaction
Atomic description
Atom
Proton
Neutron
Electron
Ion
Cation, Anion
Isotope
Harold Urey, discovered deuterium, heavy isotope of hydrogen
Stable
Radioacitve
Marie Sklodowska–Curie, first theory of radioactivity
Size of the atom and nucleus
Planetary model of the atom
Johann Balmer
Spectral lines
Bohr model of the atom - named for Niels Bohr
Quantum model of the atom
Louis de Broglie
Schrödinger’s equation
(know what it represents; you do not need to know the equation)
Principle quantum number, n
Angular momentum of electron
Azimuthal quantum number, ℓ
Shape of orbital
Subshells s,p,d,f
Magnetic quantum number, m
Orientation of orbital
Spin quantum number, s
Wolfgang Pauli
Pauli Exclusion principle
Periodic Table
Dmitri Mendeleev
Henry G.J. Moseley
Filling of orbitals - know why irregularities occur
Shell
Subshell
Blocks - s, p, d, f
Energy Level diagram
Alkali metals
Alkaline Earths
Halogens
Inert ("Nobel") gases
Transition elements - first, second, third rows
Multiple oxidation states of first row transition elements
Alloy formers
Rare earth elements, REE
Monazite
Lanthanide contraction
Europium anomaly
Abundance pattern
Actinides
Radioactivity - which occur naturally?
Mendeleev’s predictions
Explanation of observed periodic properties
Ionization energy
Chemical bonding (know the properties associated with each)
Ionic
Covalent
Metallic
Hydrogen
Van der Waals
Dispersion or “London”
Dipole-dipole interactions
Resonant bonding
Bonding "continuum"
Nomenclature for ionic bonding
-ide
-ite
-ate
Coordination Principle
Configurations
Coordination number
Atomic size
Metallic radius
Ionic size
Covalent radius terminology
Valance state
Environment
Polarizing ion
Spin state
Polarization
Electronegativity
Use in predicting percent ionic character
Linus Pauling
Pauling's rules - be able to apply
Structure terminology
Isostructural
Isotype
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Last updated: July 13, 2012