History of the Atomic Model 2.1 Unit 2 History of the Atomic Model 2.1
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Democritus 400 B.C.
John Dalton 1808
Dalton’s view of atoms of elements Can you see B. 1-4 in this picture?
J.J. Thomson (1897) with the Cathode Ray Tube
Discovery of the Electron In 1897, J.J. Thomson used a cathode ray tube to deduce the presence of a negatively charged particle. Cathode ray tubes pass electricity through a gas that is contained at a very low pressure.
Actual Cathode Ray in action
Thomson’s Atomic Model Thomson believed that the electrons were like plums embedded in a positively charged “pudding,” thus it was called the “plum pudding” model.
Robert A. Millken 1909
Millikan’s Oil Drop Experiment Helps to calculate the mass & charge of an electron
How it worked inside
Ernest Rutherford (1911) on New Zealand Money
Hans Geiger (1911)
Ernest Marsden (1911)
Rutherford’s Gold Foil Experiment Alpha () particles are helium nuclei Particles were fired at a thin sheet of gold foil Particle hits on the detecting screen (film) are recorded
Rutherford’s Findings Most of the particles passed right through A few particles were deflected VERY FEW were greatly deflected “Like howitzer shells bouncing off of tissue paper!” Conclusions: The nucleus is small The nucleus is dense The nucleus is positively charged
Atomic Particles Particle Charge Mass # Location Electron -1 Electron cloud Proton +1 1 Nucleus Neutron
Niels Bohr (1913) His comment on the structure of atoms Niels Bohr (1913) His comment on the structure of atoms. (Which are mostly empty space.)
Bohr Model of an Atom
Dmitri Ivanenko (1930)
Victor Ambartsumian (1930)
Ivanenko & Ambartssumian Model of a Nucleus
James Chadwick 1932
His Experiment using alpha particle radiation