Atomic theory timeline

  • the alchemists
    500 BCE

    the alchemists

    They believed they could turn basic metals into gold by adding 500bc-1720
  • Period: 500 BCE to

    atomic theory

  • democritus
    400 BCE

    democritus

    all bodies are made of atoms
  • 399 BCE

    plato

    atom shapes are based on regular polygons
  • solar system
    1500

    solar system

    Nicolaus copernicus drew this model to model the atom in the 1500s
  • robert boyle

    robert boyle

    The atomic model of Boyle said atoms have differnt sizes and organize themselves into group
  • Aone Lavoisier

    Aone Lavoisier

    Total mass of products and reactants are =
  • John Dalton

    John Dalton

    Atoms cannot be broken any further and are indestructable
  • Billiard ball model

    Billiard ball model

    John dalton figured he could used wooden balls to model the small atoms in a atom
  • Amaden Avagodro

    Amaden Avagodro

    Gases of equal size contain the same number of molecules given that pressure and tempature are the same.
  • dmitri Mendeleev

    dmitri Mendeleev

    Created periodic table by atomic weight
  • marie and pierre curie

    marie and pierre curie

    They discovered how to isolate radiation. Some elements produce more radiation.
  • JJ Thompson

    JJ Thompson

    He discovered the electron
  • Plum Pudding Model

    Plum Pudding Model

    This model was proped by jj thompson
  • Albert Eistein

    Albert Eistein

    All liquids are made of molecules.
  • Robert Milikan

    Robert Milikan

    He figured out the value of an electron.
  • Henry Mosely

    Henry Mosely

    X ray frequency on a element is related to the atomic number
  • Neils bohr

    Neils bohr

    Electrons move in a specifice rotaltion around the core
  • Ernest Rutherford

    Ernest Rutherford

    first studied radiation and found beta and alpha radiation. He also found the proton
  • Erwin Shrodinger

    Erwin Shrodinger

    He figured out how to find a electrons position and the quantinization of hydrogen atoms
  • Electron CLoud model

    Electron CLoud model

    This Erwin Shrodinger model showed relative positon of electron
  • james chadwick

    james chadwick

    Discovered neutron
  • Heisenberg

    Heisenberg

    He figured out that a particles positon and momentum cannot be found exactly