Atomic Theory Flashcards
Democritus
says the world is made up of tiny invisible particles called “atomos”
Lavoisier
Law of Conservation of Mass and Matter
Law of Conservation of Mass and Matter
the total mass of the of the products of a chemical reaction is the same as the total mass of the reactants
Joseph Proust
Law of Definite Proportions
Law of Definite Proportions
the elemental composition of a pure substance is always the same
John Dalton
Atomic Theory
Atomic Theory
1) each element is composed of extremely small particles called atoms
2) all atoms of a given element are identical, but differ from those of any other element
3) atoms are neither created nor destroyed in any chemical reaction
4) a given compound always has the same relative numbers and kinds of atoms
5) atoms cannot be subdivided, created nor destroyed
Ben Franklin
discovered electricity ( kite and key experiment)
Micahael Faraday
atoms contain particles that carry an electrical charge
Joseph J. Thomson
cathode ray tube experiment; discovered the electron which is a negative particle; finds a charge to mass ratio 1.76 x 10^8 C/g; plum pudding model
Robert Millikan
oil drop experiment; 1.6 x 10^-19 C = 1.76 x 10^8 C/g; mass of an electron = 9.11 x 10^-28 g
Ernest Rutherford
gold foil experiment; discovers a positive charged particle in the atom; discovered that atoms are mostly empty space; nuclear model
Henry Mosely
comes up with idea that there is an unique positive charge in the nucleus of different elements
- atoms could now be identifies by the
number of protons they contain
(atomic number)
James Chadwick
discovers the neutron
proton mass (g)
1.673 x 10^-24 g