Dalton's Atomic Theory and the Evolution of Atomic Models
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Dalton's Atomic Theory
John Dalton proposed that elements were made up of little solid spheres without internal structure. Atoms of the same element were equal. Atoms combine, forming compounds. Depending on the ratio, we can have different compounds.
J.J. Thomson
First model of the atom (1904). He discovered/proved the existence of tiny, negatively charged particles: electrons.
Rutherford's Model of the Atom
Gold foil experiment, Ernest Rutherford (1911). Alpha particles are tiny, positively charged particles much smaller than an atom. An atom is mostly empty space. Some particles will bounce back, and some others will pass but in a different way. The nucleus is something dense and positively charged.
Thomson's Atomic Model
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