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History of the Atom

History of the Atom. Democritus (400 BC) Proposed that matter was composed of tiny, invisible particles. Gr. atomos

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Page 1: History of the Atom. Democritus (400 BC) Proposed that matter was composed of tiny, invisible particles. Gr. atomos

History of the Atom

Page 2: History of the Atom. Democritus (400 BC) Proposed that matter was composed of tiny, invisible particles. Gr. atomos

Democritus (400 BC)

• Proposed that matter was composed of tiny, invisible particles.

• Gr. atomos

Page 3: History of the Atom. Democritus (400 BC) Proposed that matter was composed of tiny, invisible particles. Gr. atomos

Aristotle

• Said that all substances are composed of four elements: Earth, Wind, Fire, and Water.

Page 4: History of the Atom. Democritus (400 BC) Proposed that matter was composed of tiny, invisible particles. Gr. atomos

John Dalton (1803 AD)• the first coherent atomic theory

• Matter is composed of small particles called atoms.

• All atoms of an element are identical.

• During chemical reactions, atoms are neither created nor destroyed, but are simply rearranged.

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J.J. Thompson (1897 AD)

• Used cathode rays to calculate the atomic mass of atoms.

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Cathode Ray Tube Experiment

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Ernest Rutherford (1910 AD)

• alpha particles (He nuclei) were shot at a thin piece of gold foil.

• most of the particles passed through the foil with little or no deflection, some were deflected to a great degree.

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Gold Foil Experiment

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Isotopes

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Radioactive Decay

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C14 Decay

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Carbon Dating

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