Atomic Structure

  • Democritus
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    Democritus

    Democritus was the creator of atomic theory.
  • Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier

    Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier

    DIscovered the law of conservation in masses.
  • Joseph Louis Proust

    Joseph Louis Proust

    Published the laws of definite proportions.
  • John Dalton

    John Dalton

    Formulated an atomic theory and repopularized the idea of atomic theory.
  • Michael Faraday

    Michael Faraday

    His discoveries lead to the idea that atoms had an electric component.
  • Michael Faraday

    Michael Faraday

    Created the term of electroylisis for when a molecule splits and creates electricity.
  • Joseph John Thomson

    Joseph John Thomson

    Discovered the electron.
  • Robert A. Milkan

    Robert A. Milkan

    Measured the charge of an electron.
  • Ernest Rutherford

    Ernest Rutherford

    He pioneered the Rutherford model of the atom and created the splitting of the atom.
  • Niels Henrik David Bohr

    Niels Henrik David Bohr

    He developed the Bohr mode4l of the atom and theorized that electrons orbit the atomic nucleus.
  • Erwin Schrodinger

    Erwin Schrodinger

    Improved upon the Bohr model of atomic structure.
  • Louis de Broglie

    Louis de Broglie

    Postilated the that all matter is wave properties.
  • Marie & Pierre Curie

    Marie & Pierre Curie

    Discovered X-Rays and Uranium.
  • Henri Becquerel

    Henri Becquerel

    Discovered spontaneous radiation.
  • Albert Einstien

    Albert Einstien

    Discovered the brownian motion of particles in liquids.
  • Max Planck

    Max Planck

    Discovered the quantum thoery of energy.
  • James Chadwick

    James Chadwick

    Discovered evidence of neutrons in an atom.
  • Otto Hahn

    Otto Hahn

    Discovered that if bombard the uranium atom with neutrons that it would split.
  • Lisa Mienter

    Lisa Mienter

    Conducted an experiment proving that heavier elements capture neutrons.
  • Glen T. Seaborg

    Glen T. Seaborg

    Discovered six transuranium elements and changed the layout of the periodict table.
  • Aristotle

    Aristotle

    Aristotle believed that all matter was made up of four base elements. This caused atoms to be overlooked for two thosuand years until his theory was proven wrong.