Thursday, October 7, 2010

Why Big Fr and Hungry Fr

  1. Why Francium is the biggest element with the lowest IE and EN?
  2. Why Helium is the smallest element with the highest IE?
  3. Why Noble Gases don't have EN values?
  4. Why Fluorine has the highest EN?
1. Francium is the biggest element with the lowest IE and EN because it has the most valence electron shells out of the others in the group Alkali Metals.  It also has one valence electron meaning it's easier to lose an electron.  It's so big that is can be pulled far away making it have Ionization Energy.  It's Electronegativity because it's farthest away from the nucleus, making a weak attraction.

2. Helium is the smallest element with the highest IE because it is a noble gas with a stable number of electrons.  Therefore, making it near the nucleus because it's packed with unmovable electrons meaning it cannot gain nor lose.

3. Noble Gases don't have EN values because they have a stable shell.  Therefore meaning that it cannot form other compounds because  the electrons are packed tightly. 

4. Flourine has the highest EN because it has 7 valence electrons. It only needs one more valence electron to be filled.  It's also the closest halogen to the nucleus. 

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Sodium is Element #11

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1.) My name is Sodium and my name in French is Sodium, Natrium in German, and Sodio in Italian.  I got my name from the English word soda and the Medieval Latin word sodanum meaning "headache remedy".   I got my symbol, Na, from the Latin word natrium.  3.) The nucleus of my most isotope, 23Na, contains 11 protons and 12 neutrons.  My naturally occurring isotopes are 21Na, 22Na, 24Na, 25Na, and 26Na.  They also all have half-lives.  21Na's half-life is 22.48s, 22Na's is 2.605y, 24Na's is 14.96h, 25Na's is 59.3s, and 26Na's is 1.07s.  Their natural abundance is 100%.  My average atomic mass is 22.98977 amu.  4.) There are 11 electrons in myself.  I only have one shell of electrons contained in me.  5.) My atomic radius is 186 pm which is 1.86 m.  6.)  My specific gravity is 0.97, melting point is 208°F, and boiling point is 1,621.4°F.  My density is so low that i am able to be cut.  7.) The abundance in my body which is 85% is found in the blood of a human and the lymph fluid.  I am .15% of the body.  My abundance in Earth's crust and the Universe is 200,000ppb by weight.8.)  I form the compounds common salt NaCl,  baking soda NaHCO3,  caustic soda NaOH, and sodium nitrate NaNO3.  9.) I was discovered by Sir Humphrey Davy in 1807.  It took place back in Europe where he was the first person to isolate metal from caustic soda.  10.) My job in human society is to sprinkle myself in your yummy foods to add saltiness.  I am used as rock salt to break down the ice on roads and baking soda to clean.  11.) Did you know that salt is excreted from us when we sweat? We may tend to taste a bit of saltiness when we sweat around our lips.  Not too pleasant, I'd say.
Baking Soda NaHCO3

Common Salt NaCl
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Sunday, August 29, 2010

hey. Welcome to my blog!(:

Hi!.  I'm Diane and welcome to my blog! Yes, this is my very first blog!


What i love? Hmm.  Well i love many things!  I love to play tennis, go shopping, draw, paint, being with my friends/family and much more.  I find as much things to do to keep me from being bored.  Another thing is that i love to make new friends.  It makes the world go round. (:


In my future, i dream to accomplish to be a professional interior designer for houses.  I watch HGTV at home with my parents sometimes and it's cool to see what ideas other designers can make.  It encourages me to put a lot of thought into my work in the future.  It's good to be unique.  Designing seems fun.  We get to play with colors and make the inside of a house look beautiful, but it requires lots of skill.  Though it may be difficult, i will not give up on this dream!