Introduction (Matter, Atom, and Element) Flashcards
atoms as small indestructive units
Democritus
atomic theory
John Dalton
periodic table
Dmitri Mendeleev
theory of electromagnetism
James Maxwell
electron as the fundamental unit quantity of electricity
George Stoney
invented cathode ray tube; cathode rays have negative charge
William Crookes
study of canal rays
Eugene Goldstein
X-rays
Wilhelm Roentgen
discovery of electron and its charge-to-mass ratio
JJ Thomson
alpha, beta, gamma rays in radiation
Ernest Rutherford
theory that radioactive particles cause atoms to break down; discovered Po and Ra
Pierre and Marie Curie
quantization of light
Max Planck
discovered that there is more than one element at each position on periodic table
Frederick Soddy
coined the term isotope
Margaret Todd
noble gases have stable electron configuration
Richard Abegg
theory of relativity and particle nature of light
Albert Einstein
device that could detect alpha particles
Johannes Wilhelm Geiger
charge of electron thru oil drop experiment
Robert Millikan
alpha particle experiment; nucleus is dense, small, and positively-charged (discovery of proton)
Ernest Rutherford
number of protons = atomic number
Henry Moseley
wave-particle duality
Louis de Broglie
describe how quantum state of system changes with time
Erwin Schrödinger
discovered electron, proton, and neutron
Thomson, Rutherford, Chadwick
discovered Oxygen
Joseph Priestley