Science Project on Atomic Model

  • John Dalton

    John Dalton

    Edited the Atomic model saying that electrons were mixed with the atom like chocolate chips in cookie dough.
  • Dmitri Mendeleev

    Dmitri Mendeleev

    Created the Periodic Table of Elements
  • Eugene Goldstein

    Eugene Goldstein

    Experimented with cathode tubes
  • J.J. Thompson

    J.J. Thompson

    Came up with the "Plum Pudding Model, where the atom is composed of electrons surrounded by a soup of positive electrons.
  • R.A. Millikan

    R.A. Millikan

    Determined the charge and mass of an electron using an oil drop experiment
  • Ernest Rutherford

    Ernest Rutherford

    Probed atoms in a piece of gold foil proving there is space between atoms.
  • Henry Mosely

    Henry Mosely

    Determined charges of nuclei of most atoms using xray tubes.
  • Neils Bohr

    Neils Bohr

    Developed explanation of atomic structure that regulates periodic table of elements.
  • Louis de Broglie

    Louis de Broglie

    Discovered electrons have a dual nature similar to particles and waves. supported Einstein
  • Erwin Schrodinger

    Erwin Schrodinger

    viewed electrons as continuous clouds and introduced wave mechanics as mathematical models of atoms
  • James Chadwick

    James Chadwick

    discovered neutral atomic article with a mass close to protron, discovering the neutron.