Wednesday, 4 April 2012

A little history about the atom

DEMOCRITUS

  • Stated that atoms were different in form, position and magnitude; all things were made of atoms, and atoms were small, full, unbreakable, pore-less and homogeneous.
ANTOINE LAVOISIER
  • Proved the law of conservation of mass around 1789.
JOHN DALTON
  • Formed the atomic theory: all matter is composed of tiny, indestructible particles.
JJ THOMSON
  • discovered the election
ERNEST RUTHERFORD
  • Atomic model made.
  • Using gold foil experiment, discovered alpha and beta rays and presumed electrons were located outside nucleus.
ROBERT MILLIKAN
  • Using falling-drop method, proved that the charge was a constant for all electrons therefore demonstrating atomic structure of electricity.
MARIE CURIE
  • Studied radioactivity; concluded that the ability to radiate didn't depend on arrangement of the atoms in a molecule but that it has to be linked to the interior of the atom itself.
JAMES CHADWICK
  • Proved the existence of neutrons: particles without electrical charge.
  • The neutron has a similar mass to a proton.
MAX PLANCK
  • Originator of quantum theory.
  • Discovered that light was released in heat sources in a pattern of frequencies for different elements.
ALBERT EINSTEIN
  • Established the law of mass, theory of relativity and using Planck's theory, formulated photon theory of light.
LOUIS DE BROGILE
  • Believed electrons acted like particles and waves
  • Waves produced by electrons contained in orbit had certain energy, frequency and wavelength
JOSEPH LOUIS PROUST
  • Established law of definite composition and law of definite portions
ERWIN SCHRODINGER
  • Combined equations for behaviour of waves with Brogile's equation of electrons in atom.
NIEHL'S BOHR
  • Propsed Bohr model (modified Rutherford model)
  • Proposed that electrons travel in certain successively larger orbits.
  • Electrons jump from outer to inner orbit which emits light
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