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Atom Scientists
Shows some major atoms scientists and their contribution to the atomic theory
Scientist | Contribution |
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Leucippus | Made Atomic theory |
Democritus | Made the word "atom" meaning "indivisible." |
John Dalton | Suggested many properties of atoms, including "an atom cannot be created or destroyed by a chemical reaction" |
J.J. Thomson | Discovered electrons, charge, and proved atoms are divisible |
Ernest Rutherford | Discovered the nucleus and proton and that atoms have lots of empty space. |
James Chadwick | Discovered nuetrons |
Niels Bohr | Discovered energy levels and made the Planetary Model |