Scientists Flashcards
Thomson
Writing contributed to the early spread of daltons atomic theory
Milikan
Got Nobel prize in 1923 for measurement of elementary electric charge and his work on the photoelectric effect
Rutherford
discovered the nuclear structure of the atom, discovered alpha and beta rays
Becquerel
first person to discover the evidence of radioactivity received 1903 Nobel prize
Curie
conducted pioneering research on radioactivity received 1903 Nobel prize
Pauli exclusion principle
no two electrons can have exactly the same set of quantum numbers
Hunds rule
When filling degenerate orbitals, the lowest energy is attained b maximizing electrons with the same spin
Mendeleev and Meyer
first people to develop the periodic table, organized based on similarity in chemical and physical properties
Moseley
established that each element has a unique atomic number which added more order to the periodic table