History Flashcards
Aristotle
All matter made up of 4 different elements: earth, water, fire, air
Democritus
Smallest particle called “atomos”
Different particle size and shape might be components of all the diff types of matter
Alchemy
Searched for a way to change base metals to gold
Discovered distillation, separation of metals from ores, preparation of some acids
Robert Boyle
First person to perform and publish true quantitative experiments
John dalton
Propose a theory on matter
1: all matter is composed of small particles called atoms
2: atoms are identical to the same element and different from atoms of other elements
3: atoms of different combine in specific ratios to form compounds
4: in a chemical reaction atoms are separated to form new compounds
William Crooke
developed the glass tube discovered that something must be traveling from the cathode to the anode inside the tube even though the air was gone
JJ Thomson
discovered the electron and proton
plum pudding structure of the atom
Ernest Rutherford
discovered three alpha particles, beta particles and gamma rays
gold foil experiment
- some particles bounced back, suggesting a dense centre- nucleus
James Chadwick
discovered the neutron
Max Planck
proposed that energy could be shown as particles
-quantum theory
Albert Einstein
photoelctric effect
Niels Bohr
spectrum