Radiation (EST) and Rutherford
Remember the visible spectrum?
The electromagnetic spectrum
The electromagnetic spectrum Heinrich Hertz James Clerk Maxwell
The electromagnetic spectrum Wilhelm Röntgen
Electromagnetic trend The shorter the wavelength, the more energy the wave has.
What Is radiation? This is when an atom gives off high energy particles (matter) or waves. Henri Becquerel, Marie Sklodowska Curie and Pierre Curie were among the first scientists to experiment with radiation.
Ernest Rutherford
3 types of radiation
Blocking radiation
Complete page 28 of your workbook.
I bombarded gold foil with alpha (+) particles. Ernest Rutherford Radioactive substances can give off alpha (+), beta (-) and gamma (neutral) radiation. I bombarded gold foil with alpha (+) particles. ! Ernest Rutherford, 1911
Gold Foil Experiment
Atoms are mostly empty space. 2 conclusions Atoms are mostly empty space. An atom contains a very dense and small nucleus. The nucleus is positively charged.
If this soccer ball were the nucleus of an atom, how far away would the nearest electron be?
Atoms are mostly empty space. What can we conclude from this? Atoms are mostly empty space.