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Chemistry Test
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Rutherford | Made predictions about the nucleus |
| Rutherford | Electrons are attracted to the nucleus |
| Planck | Heated object does not emit electromagnetic energy continuously, but rather as small, specific packets called quanta |
| Planck | Relationship between a quantum of energy and the frequency of radiation |
| Einstein | Light is both a particle and a wave, 1905 |
| Einstein | Called these light particles photons, 1905 |
| Bohr | Model to solve the puzzle of what was observed (line emission spectra), 1913 |
| deBroglie | Electrons were similar (can be refracted, diffracted, and experience interference), 1924 |
| Heisenberg | States that it is impossible to determine simultaneously both the position and velocity of an electron or any other particle, 1927 |
| Schrodinger | If electrons were like waves, mathematical equations for waves could be used to study them, 1926 |