Rutherford atom

Atomic Models

  • Period: 100 to

    Development of Atomic Model

  • Democritus's Theory
    101

    Democritus's Theory

    Democritus believed that all matter consisted of tiny particles that could not be divided.
  • John Dalton's Theory

    John Dalton's Theory

    John Dalton believed that atoms were tiny particles that were indestructible and had no internal structure.
  • J.J. Thomson Theory

    J.J. Thomson Theory

    J.J. Thomson disovered the electron. He also pictured electrons embedded in a sphere of positive electrical charge.
  • Hantaro Nagaoka's Theory

    Hantaro Nagaoka's Theory

    Hantaro Nagaoka theorized that atoms had a central nucleas and that electrons move in rings.
  • Ernest Rutherford's Theory

    Ernest Rutherford's Theory

    Rutherford stated that an atom has a dense positively charged nucleas. he also said electrons move randomly around it.
  • Niels Bohr's Theory

    Niels Bohr's Theory

    Niels Bohr theorized that elctrons moved in spherical orbits at fixed distances from the nucleas.
  • Louis de Broglie's Theory

    Louis de Broglie's Theory

    De Broglie's theory states moving particles have some properties of waves.
  • Erwin Schrodinger's Theory

    Erwin Schrodinger's Theory

    Schrodinger develops math equations to describe the motion of electrons.
  • James Chadwick's Theory

    James Chadwick's Theory

    Chadwick confirmed the existence of neutrons which have no charge and also stated that atomic nuclei contain neutrons and positively charged protons.

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