History of The Atom

  • democritus
    460

    democritus

    Between 460 and 490 BC democritus created the first idea of an atom which was a balls of various mass create everything
  • John Dalton

    John Dalton

    Dalton came up with his Atomic theory while experimenting with gasses which follow 5 rules
    1 matter is made of atoms
    2 all atoms in an element are identical
    3 atoms of different elements have different mass and weight
    4 Atoms of different elements combine in simple whole numbers to form compounds.
    5 atoms can't be created or destroyed
  • Thompson

    In this model, atoms were known to consist of negatively charged electrons. using many different test found that they had positive protons as well
  • Rutherford

    Rutherford

    Rutherford's atomic model was that the "plum pudding" model was in correct using the Geiger–Marsden experiment
  • bohr

    bohr

    bohr found that the electron flows around the nucleus instead of nearby