Chapter 3 Flashcards
Beta Decay
Gives off beta particle
Alpha Decay
Gives off alpha particle
Alpha Particle
4
2
Beta Particle
0
-1
Rutherford
Discovered nucleus
Discovered that it has a positive charge
Discovered that most of the atom is empty space
Did so by means of a gold foil experiment
Thomson
Cathode ray
Found the electron
Lavoisier
Matter is neither created nor destroyed in chemical reactions
Proust
A given compound always contains the same elements in the same proportions by mass
Atom
Smallest part of an element that retains the chemical identity of that element
Cathode
Negatively charged
Anode
Positively charged
Ion
Atoms that lose or gain electrons
Cathode Ray Tube
Used by Thomson in his experiment
Isotope
Atom that has the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons
Dalton’s 4 ideas that have not been accepted as true
Atomic Theory of Matter