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Important People Flashcards

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Law of Conservation of Mass

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Antoine Lavoisier

TIP: “lavo-SHARE” (therefore, conserved)

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2
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Law of Definite Proportions

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Joseph Proust

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Law of Multiple Proportions

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John Dalton

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4
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Determined the charge-to-mass ratio of an electron

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JJ Thomson

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5
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determined the charge of an electron

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Robert Andrews Millikan

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6
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discovered X-rays

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Wilhelm Konrad Rontgen

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7
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discovered radioactivity in uranium

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Antoine Henri Becquerel

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8
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discovered radioactivity in uranium and polonium

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Marie Curie

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9
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gold foil experiment

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Ernest Rutherford

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bombarded beryllium atoms with alpha particles producing an electrically neutral particle having a mass slightly greater than that of the proton

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James Chadwick

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11
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Quantum Theory

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Max Planck

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12
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Photoelectric Effect

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Albert Einstein

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13
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Emission spectra of atoms

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Niels Bohr

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14
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arranged the elements (periodic table) in triads

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Johann Wolfgang Dobereiner

TIP: DobeTri
Note: Li-Na-K, Ca-Sr-Ba, Cl-Br-I

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15
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arranged the elements (periodic table) via atomic masses

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John Newlands

TIP: NewMass

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16
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found out that every eighth element has similar properties

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John Newlands

17
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arranged the elements (periodic table) according to their recurring periodic properties

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Dmitri Mendeleev and Julius Lothar Meyer

18
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discovered the relationship between atomic numbers and frequencies of generated X-rays

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Henrey Moseley

TIP: MoseleX

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Devised a method for calculating relative electronegativities of most elements

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Linus Pauling

20
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Lock and Key Theory

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Emil Fischer

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