Chemistry Unit 2 Assesment

  • John Dalton

    John Dalton

    Developed the atomic theory that we mostly still use, except for a few alterations. He used the billiard ball model.
  • JJ Thomson

    JJ Thomson

    Used cathode rays to discover charged particles in the atom. Used plum pudding model.
  • Wilhelm Roentgen

    Wilhelm Roentgen

    Discovered the x-ray by detecting electromagnetic radiation in wavelengths.
  • Ernest Rutherford

    Ernest Rutherford

    Used the gold foil experiment to discover a positively charged nucleus. Designed a planetary model.
  • Niels Bohr

    Niels Bohr

    Depicted the atom as a small positively charged nucleus surrounded by circular orbitals with electrons in them.
  • Werner Heisenberg

    Werner Heisenberg

    Discovered a way to formulate quantum mechanics. Published Uncertainty Principle.
  • Louis De Broglie

    Louis De Broglie

    His ideas helped develop wave mechanics theory.
  • James Chadwick

    James Chadwick

    Discovered neutrons. Created the atomic mass unit.
  • Erwin Schrodinger

    Erwin Schrodinger

    Proposed Schrodinger's cat experiment. Calculated the wave equation. Worked with quantum mechanics.