Fundamental Particles. Flashcards
19th century what did John dalton discover ?
Atoms are solid spheres
Diff spheres = diff elements
In 1897 what did j.j Thomson discover ?
The plum pudding model
( ball of positive charge with elections stuck within it).
In 1909 what did Rutherford discover?
Alpha particles deflected therefore positively charged nucleus with a cloud of negative electrons.
In 1913 what did Neils Bohr discover?
Electrons orbit the nucleus in fixed shells.
In 1932 what did Chadwick discover?
He discovered neutrons.
What is under the category of nucleons?
Protons / neutrons
Define things that live in the nucleus.
Nucleons
What is the relative properties of subatomic particles? -Mass
Proton = 1
Neutron = 1
Electron =1
Define isotope ?
An element with the same number of protons but different number of electrons.