History of The Atom

  • Aristotle BC
    370

    Aristotle BC

    -he didn't belive in atomic theory
    -he thought all materials were not made of atoms but made of the four elements
  • Democritus BC
    460

    Democritus BC

    -He asked: Could matter be divided into smaller and smaller pieces forever, or was there a limit to the number of times a piece of matter could be divided?arious logical arguments
    -used various logical arguments
    -observations of the universe
    -every day exsperiences
  • Dalton

    Dalton

    -first to say all matter is made of atoms
    -created "Dalton's Law"
    -all atoms of the same element are identical
    -chemical reations occur when atoms are rearranged
    -compounds are formed from atoms of he consistant elements
  • Thomson

    Thomson

    --studied "caral rays" and they were associated with the proton H+
    -determined the charge to mass ration of an election= 1.759 x 108
  • Rutherford

    Rutherford

    -studied raditations
    -used alpha particles
    -electrons wer located outside nucleus
    -discovery of nucleus (dense small positive charge)
    -gold foil expierement
  • Bohr AD

    Bohr AD

    -his theory was based on rutherfords
    -thought atom was a small, positivly charged
    -The element Bohrium is named after him
    -used the Quanttum theory
  • Heinsenberg and Schrodinger

    Heinsenberg and Schrodinger

    Heinsenberg:
    -dealt with subatomic particles
    -formed his theory by studying ligth given off by atoms
    -described atoms by means of formula
    -studied the spectra given off by atoms Schrodinger:
    -exspanded Albert's theory of grantation to include electrical and magnetical phenonemon
    -introduced "wave mechanics"
    -developed the equation "Schrodinger equation"