Atomic theory

Atomic Theory Timeline Project

  • Antoine Lavoisier

    Antoine Lavoisier
    MASS is never created nor destroyed in any chemical reaction
    proposed combustion theory
  • Faraday

    Faraday
    Electro magnetic induction
    electrolisys splitting of molecules with electricity
  • Dahlton

    Dahlton
    Atoms indivisible units
    All matter is made up of tiny particales called elements
    All atoms from a given element are alike, but are different from the atoms of any other element
    Compounds are formed when atoms of different elements combine in fixed proportions
    a chemical reaction involes a rearrangment of atoms, not a change in the atoms themselves
  • Milikan

    Milikan
    Oil drop experiment helped determine the mass and charge of an electron
  • Chadwick

    Chadwick
    Descovered the neutron
    unit of measurement for subatomic particles is the atomic mass
    neutrons have a mass nearly equal to the mass of a proton
    neutrons have no charge
  • Thomson

    Thomson
    catheode ray tube
    Atoms contain negatively charged particles called electrons and positively charged matter
  • rutherford

    rutherford
    gold foil experiment
    all atoms positivley charged particles where contained in the nucleus
    negative chared where scattered around the edge
    descovered nucleus
  • Bohr

    Bohr
    electrons are located in fixed circle
    electrons move in specific layers or energy levels
    electrons can jump from layer to layer
  • Schrodinger

    Schrodinger
    atoms are arranged layers within layers in terms of electron shells
    predicts probability
    wave mechanics and quantum mechanics