The Atom Timeline

SaVoya .L. stewart

2/23/16
chemistry 1st
 Max Planck (1900)
From Germany, he originated the quantum
theory

stated that light consist of quantum

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 Albert Einstien (1905)
http://www.humanthermodynamics.com/Atom_di from germany
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stated that light was made up of diferent
particles that demonstrate certain
properties unique to particles

also brought the “Theory of relativily”

 Robert Millikan (1908)
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/l from USA
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Found out the electric charge of an electron
 Neils Bohr (1913)
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stated that electrons moved aound the
nucleus in large orbits

He also presented the bohr atomic model

which stated that atoms absorb or emit
radiation ony when te electrons jump
between allowed or stationary states.
 Henry Gwyn Moseley (1914)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dd/H from England
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moseley’s law justified may concepts in
chemistry by sorting the chemical
elements of the periodic table in logical
order

moseley’s law avanced atomic physics by

proving the first experimental evidence in
favour of bohr’s theory.
 Wolfgang pauli (1925)
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states that, in an atom or molecule, no two
electrons can have the same four
electronic quantum numbers.
 Erwin Shroedinger (1926)
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Introduced the Shroedinger Equation, a wave
equation that describes the form of the
probability waves that govern the motion
of small paricles and how these waves are
altered by external infuences
 Chadwick (1931)
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37 discovered the neutrally-charged neutron
 Otto Hahn (1938)
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discovered nuclear fission, in which the
nucleus of an atom braeaks up into two
sepeate nuclei, while experimenting with
uranium.