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Models of the Atom
Humans Try Lots Of Ideas
A Greek philosopher, Democritus, lived about 2500 years ago.
He suggested that matter cannot be divided indefinitely, but must have a smallest entity.
He called this smallest entity the ATOM.
ATOMA = indivisible
Dalton
• Took Democritus’s theory and added scientific data
• An element is composed of the same atoms
• All elements are made out of different atoms
• Each type of atom has a certain mass, size and chemical behavior
J.J. Thompson: Found the Electron
Before the discovery of the nucleus. The main part of the atom had a positive charge and then there were negative charges scattered throughout
The “Marsden” Experiment
Ernest Rutherford
Difference between Plum Pudding and the Rutherford Model
Neils Bohr
Light can excite electrons around atoms and this gives rise to “quantum levels”.
Prince Louis' full name is Louis Victor Pierre Raymond duc de Broglie