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    Scientific understanding of the atom has evolved over time as new evidence and technologies have emerged: - Democritus (400 BC) proposed that all matter is made of indivisible "atoms," though he believed atoms were simply small, hard spheres. - Dalton (1803) revived the atomic theory and proposed atoms are too small to see, "uncuttable," and indestructible spheres that combine to form molecules. - Rutherford (1908) discovered the nucleus through experiments, finding atoms have a small, dense positively charged center with electrons scattered at a distance in empty space. - Modern theory holds that electrons do not orbit the nucleus in orbits but exist as an electron cloud where their

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    Scientific understanding of the atom has evolved over time as new evidence and technologies have emerged: - Democritus (400 BC) proposed that all matter is made of indivisible "atoms," though he believed atoms were simply small, hard spheres. - Dalton (1803) revived the atomic theory and proposed atoms are too small to see, "uncuttable," and indestructible spheres that combine to form molecules. - Rutherford (1908) discovered the nucleus through experiments, finding atoms have a small, dense positively charged center with electrons scattered at a distance in empty space. - Modern theory holds that electrons do not orbit the nucleus in orbits but exist as an electron cloud where their

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    Scientific understanding of the atom has evolved over time as new evidence and technologies have emerged: - Democritus (400 BC) proposed that all matter is made of indivisible "atoms," though he believed atoms were simply small, hard spheres. - Dalton (1803) revived the atomic theory and proposed atoms are too small to see, "uncuttable," and indestructible spheres that combine to form molecules. - Rutherford (1908) discovered the nucleus through experiments, finding atoms have a small, dense positively charged center with electrons scattered at a distance in empty space. - Modern theory holds that electrons do not orbit the nucleus in orbits but exist as an electron cloud where their

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    Atomic Theory

    Timeline
    Scientific knowledge
    builds on past research
    and experimentation.

    The atomic theory has changed


    over time as new technologies
    have become available.
    Democritu
    s 400 B.C.
    Information Atomic Model Analogy
    Democritus, a philosopher in ancient Greece,
    began the search for a description of matter. Legos
    He questioned whether matter could be
    divided into smaller and smaller pieces
    forever until eventually the smallest possible
    piece would be obtained. He believed that
    the smallest possible piece of matter was
    indivisible. He named the smallest piece of
    matter “atomos,” meaning “not to be cut.”
    To Democritus, atoms were small, hard
    particles that were all made of the same
    material, but were formed into different
    shapes and sizes.
    Aristotl
    300 e
    B.C. to Early 1800’s
    Information Atomic “Model” “Analogy”

    In ancient Greece, the popular Death to the field of


    philosopher Aristotle declared Chemistry for
    that all matter was made of only 2000 years!
    four elements: fire, air, water
    and earth. He also believed that
    matter had just four properties:
    hot, cold, dry and wet.
    Dalto
    n 1803
    Information Atomic Model Analogy
    In the early 1800s, the English Chemist John
    Dalton performed a number of experiments Billiard ball
    that eventually led to the acceptance of the
    idea of atoms. He formulated the first atomic
    theory since the “death of chemistry” that
    occurred during the prior 2000 years.
    Dalton theorized that all matter is made of
    atoms. Atoms are too small to see,
    “uncuttable,” and indestructible. All atoms of
    a given element are exactly alike and atoms
    of different elements are different.
    Thomso
    n 1897
    Information Atomic Model Analogy
    In 1897, the English scientist named J.J.
    Thomson provided the first hint that an Chocolate Chip
    atom is made of even smaller particles.
    He discovered the presence of a negative Cookie
    particle in the atom – the electron.
    He proposed a model of the atom that is
    sometimes called the “Plum Pudding” model.
    His theory was that atoms are made from a
    positively charged substance with negatively
    charged electrons scattered about, like
    raisins in a pudding or chocolate chips in a
    cookie.
    Rutherfor
    d 1908
    Information Atomic Model Analogy
    In 1908, the English physicist Ernest
    Rutherford performed an experiment using
    positively charged particles fired at gold foil. Cherry with a Pit
    Through his experiment, he proved that
    atoms are not a “pudding” filled with a
    positively charged material. He theorized
    that atoms have a small, dense, positively
    charged center, which he called the
    “nucleus”. He said that nucleus is tiny
    compared to the atom as a whole, because
    the atom is mostly open space!
    He concluded that the negatively charged
    particles are scattered outside the nucleus at
    a distance.
    Boh
    r1913
    Information Atomic Model Analogy

    In 1913, the Danish scientist Niels Bohr Solar System


    proposed an improvement. He built on the
    concept that the mass of an atom is
    contained mostly in the nucleus. He also
    theorized that electrons move in definite
    orbits around the nucleus, much like planets
    circle the sun. These orbits, or energy levels,
    are located at certain distances from the
    nucleus.
    Modern Cloud
    Theory
    20th
    Scientists Information Century
    Atomic Model Analogy
    Schrodinger According to today’s atomic
    , theory, electrons do not orbit
    Heisenberg, the nucleus in neat planet-like
    Einstein and orbits but move at high speeds
    in an electron cloud around the
    many other nucleus.
    scientists In the electron cloud, electrons
    whirl around the nucleus
    billions of times in one second.
    They are not moving around in
    random patterns; an electron’s
    location depends upon how
    much energy the electron has.

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