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HISTORY OF ATOMS
JOHN DALTON
English chemist,
Physicist &
meteorologist first scientist -atom
1803 – Matter
composed of atoms
Limitation – can’t
explain why atoms of
different elements
have different masses,
sizes, valencies, etc.
J.J.THOMSON
1897 –
Cathode ray
experiment –
electron –
negative
charge
Plum pudding
– negative
embedded
with positive
failed to explain -
atom’s stability –
nucleus – how
positive holds
negative
4
5
1911 – New Zealand – proved
positively charged
particles(alpha)- Bombarding
of thin gold foil
Atom – large empty space,
centre-nucleus, electrons –
orbits, electrically neutral
Failed to explain the stability
of an atom
7
1913 – Danish Physicist –
explained stability of an atom
Electrons revolve – circular paths
– orbits/shell/energy levels
Electrons move – higher/lower-
absorbing or releasing energy
Limitation – could not extended
to multi electron nucleus
JAMES CHADWICK :
 In 1932 James Chadwick observed when
Beryllium was exposed to alpha particles,
particles with about the same mass as protons
were emitted.
 These emitted particles carried no electrical
charges. They were called as neutrons.
 This particle was not found to be deflected by
any magnetic or electric field, proving that it is
electrically neutral.
 Its mass is equal to 1.676 × 10-24 g (1 amu).
10
WERNER HEISENBERG :
German physicist and
philosopher who
discovered (1925) a way
to formulate quantum
mechanics in terms of
matrices
For that discovery, he was
awarded the Nobel Prize
for Physics in 1932
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History of atoms

  • 2. JOHN DALTON English chemist, Physicist & meteorologist first scientist -atom 1803 – Matter composed of atoms Limitation – can’t explain why atoms of different elements have different masses, sizes, valencies, etc.
  • 3. J.J.THOMSON 1897 – Cathode ray experiment – electron – negative charge Plum pudding – negative embedded with positive failed to explain - atom’s stability – nucleus – how positive holds negative
  • 4. 4
  • 5. 5 1911 – New Zealand – proved positively charged particles(alpha)- Bombarding of thin gold foil Atom – large empty space, centre-nucleus, electrons – orbits, electrically neutral Failed to explain the stability of an atom
  • 6.
  • 7. 7 1913 – Danish Physicist – explained stability of an atom Electrons revolve – circular paths – orbits/shell/energy levels Electrons move – higher/lower- absorbing or releasing energy Limitation – could not extended to multi electron nucleus
  • 8.
  • 9. JAMES CHADWICK :  In 1932 James Chadwick observed when Beryllium was exposed to alpha particles, particles with about the same mass as protons were emitted.  These emitted particles carried no electrical charges. They were called as neutrons.  This particle was not found to be deflected by any magnetic or electric field, proving that it is electrically neutral.  Its mass is equal to 1.676 × 10-24 g (1 amu).
  • 10. 10 WERNER HEISENBERG : German physicist and philosopher who discovered (1925) a way to formulate quantum mechanics in terms of matrices For that discovery, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1932