Kailey- Atomic Theory

  • 400

    Democritus

    discovered that matter is made up of insivisible particles called atoms.
  • John Dalton

    proposed an atomic theory with spherical solid masses in motion.
  • Wilhelm Roentgen

    discovered x-rays.
  • first "roentgenogram" was taken

    Wilhelm used x-rays to take a roentgenogram of his wifes hand.
  • JJ Thomson

    described the atom as a ball of positive charge containing a number of electrons. -Discovered the electron
  • Marie Curie

    discovered radium and polonium.
  • Ernest Rutherford

    "gold foil" experiment determined that the nucleus of an atom is very dense and has a positive charge. Believed that the electrons were outside the nucleus of the atom.
  • Neils Bohr

    explained atomic structure of atom as "successive orbital shells of electrons" called Bohr Planetary Model
  • Schrodinger

    identified electron cloud model as the probable location of moving electrons.
  • Chadwick

    discovered particles within the nucleus that has a mass similar to a proton. -discovered the proton.
  • Crockraft/ Walton

    split the atom.
  • Built the atomic bomb

    bomb was dropped on Japan in WWI
  • Firestone automotive spark plugs

    contained radioactive polonium.