Democritus-400B.C.

Rutherford- 1899
Proust-1797
 World made up of Law of definite
Gold foil experiments:
empty space and tiny proportions:  Atoms are more than empty
space with scattered
particles All samples of a given
particles
compound have the same
 Atoms different for proportions of their  There is a positively charged
every material constituent elements. nucleus

Lavoisier-1789 Dalton-1800s
Law of conservation of matter:
Law of Multiple Proportions
Matter is neither created or
destroyed
Dalton’s Atomic Theory (1808)
 Millikan-1909 De Broglie-1924

Oil drop experiment:  Electrons have a Chadwick-1932

wave nature
 Found that  Discovered the
 Suggested that all
electrons have a
+*
matter has wave neutron
negative charge properties

Schrodinger- 1926
Bohr-1913
Planck-1900  Developed the
Planck’s constant: 6.626*10-34 J*S Gave us the model of quantum mechanical
Planck’s hypothesis: When the atom model of atom
electrons gain energy they release
 Electrons orbiting  Found the chance for
a quanta of energy. (Photon)
a nucleus finding an electron in a
certain position