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Chem Quest 2
Question | Answer |
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Why was Democritus significant? | Said that matter is made of small invisible particles that he called atomos or atoms. |
Why was John Dalton significant? | He wrote the first atomic theory and created the Billiard Ball Model. |
Why was JJ Thomson significant? | Created the Plum Pudding Model which was proved to be incorrect. Discovered the electron. |
Why was Eugen Goldstein significant? | |
Why was Robert A Millikan significant? | |
Why was Ernest Rutherford significant? | |
Why was James Chadwick significant? | |
Why was Niels Bohr significant? | |
What is the difference between atomic mass and mass number? | |
Law of Conservation of Mass | |
Law of Multiple Proportions | |
Law of Definite Proportions | |
Dalton's Atomic Theory Postulates | |
Flaws of Dalton's AT | |
JJ Thomson Plum Pudding Model | |
Flaws of the Plum Pudding Model | |
Cathode Ray Tube Experiment significance | |
Oil Drop Experiment significance | |
Gold Foil Bombardment Experiment significance | Proved that the Plum Pudding Model was incorrect; most of the alpha particles passed through the gold foil, proving that atoms are made of mostly empty space. Atoms ricocheted back because there is a small nucleus in the center of the atom. |