Atoms

Atomic Model : Teague

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  • Democritus
    Oct 31, 1000

    Democritus

    Lived in 500 B.C , and believed that all matter consisted of extremely small particles that can't be divided. He called the particles "atoms", and thought there were all different kinds of atoms with specific sets of properties.
  • Aristotle
    Oct 31, 1000

    Aristotle

    Lived in 500 B.C., and he believed that there was no limit to the number of times matter could be divided. He usd a model to describe matter, because he thought all substances were built up from four elements (Fire, Earth, Water, Air)
  • John Dalton

    John Dalton

    Created a theory that said that all matter is made of individual particles called atoms, which cannot be divided.
    He measured masses of elements that combine when a compound is formed.
  • Joseph Thomson

    Joseph Thomson

    He did experiments that proved that atoms are made of even smaller particles called electrons. His experiments dealt with an electric current.
  • Ernest Rutherford

    Ernest Rutherford

    Discovered that uranium emits fast-moving particles that have a positive charge. He did an experiment to to find out what happens to alpha particles when they pass through a thin sheet of gold.
  • James Clerk Maxwell

    James Clerk Maxwell

    Believed that electric & magnetic fields filled the space between the outside of the atom & the nucleus.
  • Niels Bohr

    Niels Bohr

    In his model, electrons move with constant speed in fixed orbits around the nucleus.
  • Werner Heisenberg

    Werner Heisenberg

    1901-1976 :
    Created Principle of Indeterminancy - you can not know both the position and velocity of a particle.
  • Hantaro Nagaoka

    Hantaro Nagaoka

    Believes that an atom has a central nucleus and that electrons move in orbit & made a model to show it.
  • Ernest Marsden

    Ernest Marsden

    Stated that an atom has a dense, positively charged nucleus & that electrons move randomly in the space around the nucleus. He created an experiment that made a beam pass through gold foil. He worked on this experiment with his teacher, Ernest Rutherford.
  • Louis de Broglie

    Louis de Broglie

    Said that moving particles have some properties of waves. He collected evidence to show tbis.
  • Erwin Schrodinger

    Erwin Schrodinger

    Developed mathematical equations to describe the motion of electrons in atoms. After all his work, he made an electon cloud model.
  • James Chadwick

    James Chadwick

    Believed that atomic nucei contain neutrons and positively charged protons. He confirmed the existence of neutrons.