"Seeing" Molecules Extra Credit Opportunity

Researchers at Ohio State University found a new way to image molecules by firing a laser at the molecule for a quadrillionth (1x10^-15) of a second. This knocks an electron out of its outer most energy level. When it falls back down to the molecule, there is a brief illumination. Based on the scattered image of this crashing electron researchers are able to understand the position of the nuclei of each atom in the molecule and even how these nuclei move before the electron falls back into place.  

Below is an image of molecular nitrogen. I will give 10 points of extra credit to anyone who turns in a half page summary of this article. 

Lab Activity for March 8th

Here are the lab introduction notes. (These are not included in the regular notes. The only key term you need to remember is that an Activity Series is a list of elements arranged from most reactive to least reactive.)

Here is the lab worksheet.

Notes...

...are updated. You can view all the class notes from this semester by clicking here.