Thursday, October 14, 2010

Atomic Theory

Democritus
- In 300BC Democritus said atoms were indivisible particles. It was not a testable theory, only a conceptual theory.

Lavoisier
- Law of conservation of mass
- Law of definite proportions

Proust
-  If a compound is broken down into its constituents the procedure exist in the sam ration as the compound

Dalton
- Atoms are solid, indestructable spheres

JJ Thompson
- Rasin Bun Model
- Solid positive spheres, with negative particles embedded in them.
- First atomic theory to have positve protons and negative charges

Rutherford
- Show that atoms have a positive, with electrons outside it


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