Atomic model timeline
Early ideas of the atom Democritus and Leucippus ~ 2500 Years ago Atomos = “uncuttable”
Dalton’s model (1808) John Dalton Matter consists of individual atoms Atoms arrange in different combinations to form different compounds
Plum-Pudding Model (1904) J.J. Thomson
Nuclear model (1911) * Ernest Rutherford
Bohr model (1913) *Niels Bohr
Quantum mechanical model (1920’s) *Erwin Schrödinger
Quantum mechanical model w/ protons and neutrons Protons: Ernest Rutherford (1919) Neutrons: James Chadwick (1932)
Discovery of the nucleus The Gold Foil Experiment Ernest Rutherford
J.J. Thomson
Gold foil experiment (1911) Ernest Rutherford https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8RuO2ekNGw
* Most of the atom is empty space * Something very small and very hard inside each atom
Plum pudding Model JJ Thomson Nuclear Model Ernest Rutherford
Nuclear Atom