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Democritus & DaltonDemocritus (460 BC)
First to develop the idea that matter was made of “atoms”.
Dalton (1803)
Proposed the atomic theory
atoms are indivisible & indestructible
elements have unique atomic masses
Mendeleev (1869)
Developed the first basic periodic table
Table was arranged by atomic weight
was able to predict elements which hadn’t been found
J.J. Thomson (1898)
• Discovered electrons (-e)• Atoms have — & + charges
Rutherford (1911)
Discovered the positively charged nucleus
shot positively charged particles through gold foil
electrons moved in circles
Bohr (1913)
Electrons move in specific energy levels (orbits) around the nucleus
Schrodinger (1926)
Described electrons as waves
Electron cloud
Chadwick (1932)
Neutrons (and protons) made
up the nucleus
Evolution of the
Atom
Evolution of the Atom