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History of Atomic Theory

  • Democritus
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    Democritus

    5th century bc ( Incorrect in title, thats the earliest it would let us put it ) First one to think of matter as a sum of many smaller pieces
  • John Dalton

    John Dalton

    Proposed an atomic theory in 1803 First one to actually give a name and explanation to what made up matter Solid spherical Atoms Little do they know, he actually named the atom after his best friend Adam!!!
  • Antoine Lavoisier

    Antoine Lavoisier

    Identified and named Oxegen and Hydrogen MAde the first full list of elements
  • Joseph Louis Proust

    Joseph Louis Proust

    Proposed the Law of Constant Composition, which states that the ratio by mass of the elements in a chemical compound is always the same.
  • Michal Faraday

    Michal Faraday

    Studied the effects of “electrolysis” ( the splitting of molecules using electricity )in 1832. Observed the effects of the ion without actually discovering it Invented Benzene Developed the laws of electrolysis Don’t ask us to explain the meme, we don’t get it either.
  • Henri Becquerel

    Henri Becquerel

    Studdied the effect of X-rays Discovered what would later be named radiation by the Curies Discovered certain particles spontainiously decomposed and give off radiation.
  • J.J. Thomson

    J.J. Thomson

    Discovered the electron Suggested the atom might be a sphere with a positive charge and have negativley charged electrons orbiting it.
  • Marie & Pierre Curie

    Marie & Pierre Curie

    Discovered Radium Experimented with radiation and the properties of radioactive elements
  • Max Planck

    Max Planck

    Further studdied radiation. Discovered the relationship between energy and radiation
  • Robert Millikan

    Robert Millikan

    Conducted an expiriment with oil drops and discovered the mass of the electron and its charge. Maths: e= 1.062 x 10 -19 coulomb
    m= 9.11 x 10 -28 gram
  • Ernest Rutherford

    Ernest Rutherford

    Theorized that most of an atoms mass and charge are in a nucleus 1/10'000 the size of the atom itseld i.e. the proton.
  • Neils Bohr

    Neils Bohr

    Created the modern atom model
    this is why we call them Bhors models
  • Albert Einstein

    Albert Einstein

    Developed the theory of realativity. E=mc2 helped calculate the mass energy equivalence
  • James Chadwick

    James Chadwick

    Discovered the neutron, a neutrally charged partical Was renound for his creativity in naming particals
  • Aristotle

    Aristotle

    Philosipher aroung 380 B.C (again with the Website not working with BC). Aristotle believed that regardless of the number of times you cut a form of matter in half, you would always have a smaller piece of that matter.