Discovering Atomic Structure (P1) Flashcards
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Democritus
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Everything in the universe is made up of matter and matter consists of atoms
2
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John Dalton 1803
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Atoms are indivisible and compounds are made of 2 or more atoms combined
3
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JJ Thomson 1904
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Discovered the electron and the isotope
4
Q
Rutherford 1911
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Dense, positively charged central region containing most of the atomic mass
5
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Ernest Bohr 1913
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Electrons move around the nucleus in shells
6
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James Chadwick 1932
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Discovered the neutron
7
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Erwin schrodinger 1926
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Electron shells are probability clouds of where we can find an electron