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Democritus said matter is made of tiny particles called atoms.
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John dalton proposed an Atomic Theory with spherical solid masses in motion.
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MIchael Faraday Studied the effect of electricity on solutions, coined term "electrolysis" as a splitting of molecules with electricity, developed laws of electrolysis. Faraday himself was not a proponent of atomism.
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After working with electroplating The Elkington's opened the first electroplating industry which inspired other types of non-decorative metal processing plants.
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JJ Thompson said the atom was a ball of positive charges containing a number of electrons
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Ernest Rutherford said the nucleus of an stom is very dense and positive chared. He also assumed electrons ertr outside of the nucleus.
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Explained atomic structure of an atom as orbital shells of electrons.
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In 1932 Ernest Walton and John Cockroft discovered that you can split the atom.
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Chadwick discovered the neutron.
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Schrodinger identified the electron cloud model as probrable motion of electrons.
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On August 6, 1945 the first atomic bomb, nicknamed the "little boy" was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. The object of the bomb, to split the atoms of ervrerything it touches.
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Neutron Radiation is used to treat cancer cells but is also able to activate and deactivate neutrons in the body, radiating them, which can kill the human being involved.
