Atomic Timeline

  • Democritus
    465 BCE

    Democritus

    Created the first atomic theory. He stated everything is made of tiny indivisible, indestructible atoms.
  • Plato
    400 BCE

    Plato

    Plato created the atomic theory based on ideal geometric forms that serve as atoms. He thought atoms were composed of individual elements shaped like triangles.
  • The Alchemists
    500

    The Alchemists

    Believed everything is made up of atoms. Said atoms are Invisible indivisible spheres of matter of an infinite type and number.
  • Robert Boyle

    Robert Boyle

    Stated that the volume of gas decreases with increase in temperature and pressure and vice versa. This was created a Boyle's law.
  • Antone Lavoisier

    Antone Lavoisier

    Stated the law of conservation of mass. Mass is not created or destroyed in chemical reactions. Oxygen is key element in respiration and combustion.
  • Billiard ball model

    Billiard ball model

    Defined atom to be ball like structure. Made of the electrons moving around the nucleus.
  • John Dalton

    John Dalton

    Stated all matter is composed of atoms relative atomic wastes of 6 elements. He depicted atoms as ball like figures created billiard ball model.
  • Amadeo Avogadro

    Amadeo Avogadro

    Claimed all volumes of all gases at the same temperature and pressure contain the same amount of molecules.
  • JJ Thompson

    JJ Thompson

    Discovered the electron. Suggested model of atom as a sphere of positive matter.
  • Pierre and Marie Curie

    Pierre and Marie Curie

    They found radioactive particles casue atoms to break down chemically.They discovered radium and polonium.
  • Plum pudding model

    Plum pudding model

    Accounted for two properties of the atom not 3. The electrons and protons positive and negative charges.
  • Albert Einstein

    Albert Einstein

    Mathmatically proved teh existence of atoms. Says any liquid is made of molecules and are always in a ceaseless motion.
  • Ernest Rutherford

    Ernest Rutherford

    He proposed the planatary model. It showed the electrons orbiting the central nucleus of the atom.
  • Robert Millikan

    Robert Millikan

    He verified the existence of atoms. He measured the charge of the electron and verified Einsteins prediction of the relationship between light frequencies and electron energy.
  • Neils Bohr

    Neils Bohr

    Created the planet model of the atom. He created the model where the electrons orbit the central nucleus.
  • Solar system model

    Solar system model

    Describes how electrons orbit the nucleus. Shows protons electrons and neutrons.
  • Henry G.J Mosely

    Henry G.J Mosely

    Discovered the atomic number of positive charges of the atomic nucleus. He experimented with x-rays of certain periodic table metals.
  • Electron cloud model

    Electron cloud model

    The model shows an electron cloud with a central nucleus. Describes the wave like motion of an electron.
  • Erwin Shrodinger

    Erwin Shrodinger

    Created the quantum mechanical model (electron cloud model). He proposed that atoms moved in waves where their exact position cannot be located.
  • James Chadwich

    James Chadwich

    Discovered teh nuetron. He found the neutron by bobarding beryllium with alpha chemicals helping him find the nuetron.
  • Dmitri Mendeleev

    Dmitri Mendeleev

    Created the periodic table of elements. He also created the periodic law. This helped classify elements easy.