Millikan

Robert Millikan

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  • 400

    Democritus

    Democritus
    Came up with the term "atom".
  • Period: 400 to

    Atomic Theory Discoveries

    Different scientists contributions to the atomic theory

  • Dalton

    Dalton
    Found out that atoms were spherical and solid

  • Thomson

    Thomson
    Discovered the charge-to-mass of charged water drops

  • Rutherford

    Rutherford
    Studied radiation that came from uranium and thorium and called them alpha and beta.

  • Millikan

    Millikan
    Used the oil-drop experiment to find the weight and charge of an oil drop.

  • Schrodinger

    Schrodinger
    Came up with the idea that electrons were in clouds and introduced wave mechanics

  • Chadwick

    Chadwick
    Discovered the neutron

  • Bohr

    Bohr
    Created an explanation for the way the periodic table is ordered.