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The document outlines the historical development of atomic theory from 450 BC to 1932, highlighting key contributions from various scientists. It begins with Democritus's concept of indivisible particles, followed by John Dalton's atomic theory, and progresses through discoveries by Thomson, Rutherford, Bohr, Moseley, de Broglie, Schrödinger, and Chadwick. Each scientist's findings significantly advanced the understanding of atomic structure and properties.

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The document outlines the historical development of atomic theory from 450 BC to 1932, highlighting key contributions from various scientists. It begins with Democritus's concept of indivisible particles, followed by John Dalton's atomic theory, and progresses through discoveries by Thomson, Rutherford, Bohr, Moseley, de Broglie, Schrödinger, and Chadwick. Each scientist's findings significantly advanced the understanding of atomic structure and properties.

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Timeline

450 BC: Democritus’s Theory


Democritus was a Greel philosopher.
he said that all matter around us is
made of indivisible tiny particles-
“atomos”

1803: John Dalton


Doltons Atomic Theory
John Dolton was an English school teacher.
His theory stated that:
1. Elements are made of tiny particles called
atoms
2. Atoms of one element are identical while atoms
of different elements are different.
3. Different atoms form compounds in constant
ratios.
4. Atoms can not be created nor destroyed, or
divided into smaller particles

1839: Michael Faraday


Michael Faraday was an English
chemist. He thought that the
structure of atoms is somehow
related to electricity.

1896: J. J. Thomson
Thomson’s Plum Pudding Model, 1900

Discovered atoms have negative


particles (electrons) using a cathode
ray tube. Discovered electron’s
charge to mass ratio: 1.76 x 108 C/g
The model he invented, the
Thomsons Plum Pudding Model,
1900, shows how Electrons are
dispersed in a uniform positive
charge

1909: Robert Millikan


Measured the charge of an electron

Robert Millikan wan an American


physicist out of the the University of
Chicago. He measured the charge of
an electron using oil droplets.
Electron’s charge: 1.60 x 10-19 C
Electron’s mass: 9.11 x 10-28 g

1909: Ernest Rutherford


Rutherford’s Nucleus Theory
Ernest Rutherford thought positive
charge is not like a pudding, but
concentrated in the nucleus as shown
in the Gold Foil (alpha particle)
experiment which would take place
later in 1911 which confirms that
most of an atom in empty space

Niels Bohr: 1911


The Bohr Diagram
Niels Bohr was a danish Physicist. He created the Bohr
orbit model.
*Electrons orbit the nucleus.
*Model based on the hydrogen atom
*Energy of the electrons is quantized.

1913: Henry Moseley


The Atomic Number

Henry Moseley was an English scientist. He


established the concept of the atomic number and
helped reveal the structure of the atom. He proved
the defining property of an element that
differentiated it from other elements and provided
a clear way to assign atomic numbers.

1919: Ernest Rutherford named


positive charge the Proton
The word proton is Greek for "first", and
the name was given to the hydrogen
nucleus by Ernest Rutherford.

1924: Louis de Broglie & Erwin Schrödinger


The wave mechanical model

They created a model called the Wave


Mechanical Model. They discovered that
*Electrons can act like particles and
waves (just like light)
*Electrons occupy orbitals. Orbitals are
nothing like orbits. They are areas of
probability (90% of electron probability)
*Clinton Davisson and Lester Germer
performed experiments to support the
wave mechanical model later.

1932: James Chadwick


discovered the neutron
James Chadwick announced that the
nucleus also contained a new uncharged
particle, which he called the neutron.

https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~dbalmer/ep
ortfolio/nature_timeline.pdf

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