Atomic Theory

  • 200

    Democritus - 440 B.C.

    an Atom is a particle that cannot be cut
    all atoms are small, hard particles
    atoms are made of a single material formed into diffrent shapes and sizes
  • Dalton

    elements combined in certain proportions because they are made of single atoms
    all substances are made of atoms. atoms are small particles that cannot be created, divided, or destroyed
    atoms of the same element are exactly alike, and atoms of diffrent elements are diffrent
    atoms join with other atoms to make new substances
  • Thomson

    there are small particles within an atom
  • Rutherford 1909

    he could see where the particles were going after hitting the gold
  • Rutherford 1911

    center of atom is a tiny, positively charged nucleus
    positvively charged protons that passed close would be pushed away
  • Bohr

    electrons move around the nucleus in a certain path'
    electrons can jump paths
  • Schrodinger and Heisenburg

    electrons do not follow a certain path
    electrons paths are not preictable