Quiz 2 Flashcards
Who proposed that material is made of tiny indivisible particles?
Democritus
Who rivaled Democritus’s idea and with what?
Plato + Aristotle proposed particles are smaller indefinitely
Who proposed the Law of Conservation of Matter?
John Dalton
William Prout suggest what idea again?
Protyles, idea of atom reemerges
JJ Thompson discovered what using Cathode Ray Tubes and Plum Pudding Model
discovered electrons and found the charge is 1.76 x 10^8
What did Robert Millikan discover?
calculated charge and mass of electron with oil drop experiment
Charge: 1.6 x 10^-19
Mass: 9.10x10^-28
Ernest Rutherford discovered what?
Beta particles (-), gamma rays, and a particles (+) - using Gold Foil experiment AND discovered the proton
James Chadwick discovered what?
neutron, nucleus = proton + neutron
who named the electrons?
George Stoney