In this lab you will use various beads to calculate the relative atomic mass of the newly discovered element beadium. No tests have been done on this element because the researchers could not determine the atomic mass of this new ground breaking element. Determining the mass of element beanium activity key. Isotopes and atomic mass lab free download as word doc. The beanium model is based upon an analogy to isotopes. Heating and cooling curves chemistry lab ardiexpress. Card stock, printer, laminator, blank bohr model worksheet, periodic table. Introduction imagine a new element has been discovered, and has been given the name beanium. Linked to the particles topic showing heatingcooling curves for substances. Create a data table to record the different bead types isotopes, the total number of each bead type isotopes, and the total mass of each bead type isotope in your sample cup of beadium. Sort the various isotopes of beanium into 4 categories.
It has be named beanium in honor of its discoverer, edmund arthur tyrone beans ii. Data you should create a data table in your lab writeup that looks something like this. Nigerian beans, mexican beans, calculator, and paper. For the love of physics walter lewin may 16, 2011 duration. You will be determining the average atomic mass of a newly discovered element, beanium. What does it mean to say that the atoms in a sample of an element are isotopes of each other. Use the sim to learn about isotopes and how abundance relates to the average atomic mass of an element. Answer on a separate page or attach this page to your lab report. What does it mean to say that the atoms in a sample of an element are. Feb 22, 2008 i drew lauric acid heating and cooling curves for a lab.
In the following lab, you will determine the atomic mass for the element beanium. Ordinary beans are a lot bigger than atoms, but perhaps they can give you one or two clues about isotopes. Isotopes and atomic mass isotopes atomic mass phet. In your introduction to the beanium lab you should include.
Recently discovered as residues on plates in the school cafeteria is a substance thought to be a new element. There are three naturally occurring isotopes of beanium. Isotopes of beanium lab data table isotope information. Beanium is an imaginary element whose atoms are macroscopic. There is a large sample of this new element in the lab at the research facility at the high school.
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