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History of the atom 1 Chapter 4 Atomic Structure

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Chapter 4Atomic Structure

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History of the "Atom"

Democritus (460BC ­ 370 BC)

Atoms are small indivisible and indestructible.

Atoms make up all matter

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Disagreed with Democritus and said that matter was composed of 4 types of elements.

Aristotle

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1897­1907

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1911

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­ Enlisted in the British army during WW1 and was killed in combat at the age of 27. 

Henry Moseley

1912/13 ­ Used x­ray wavelengths to accurately predict the atomic number of each known element. 

­ Helped identify gaps in the periodic table that had yet been filled. 

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