Leonard, Kayla PROJECT 5th

Democritus asked "could matter be divided forever? Or is there a smallest unit of matter?" His theory was that a piece of matter could not be divisible anymore, and its name was "atomos". This theory was ignored & forgotten for 2000 years. https://the-history-of-the-atom.wikispaces.com/file/view/demo__atom_model.gif/183311563/demo__atom_model.gif

Dalton contributed the knowledge of a 5 part theory. For the most part, it was correct. Some parts of his theory were untrue. His model consisted of a small round ball, almost like Democritus's. http://reich-chemistry.wikispaces.com/file/view/Dalton's_Model.jpg/282291300/Dalton's_Model.jpg

Millikan contributed to the understanding of the atom by conducting the oil drop experiment. This experiment led to the discovery of the charge of an electron.

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Boundless. Boundless Chemistry. Millikan’s Oil Drop Experiment, 26 May 2016, https://www.boundless.com/chemistry/textbooks/boundless-chemistry-textbook/atoms-molecules-and-ions-2/discoveries-leading-to-nuclear-atom-model-33/millikan-s-oil-drop-experiment-199-3679/.

Rutherford contributed to the understanding of the atom by discovering the nucleus. Rutherford performed the Gold foil experiment which shot positively charged particles at a thin sheet of pure gold. When the rays bounced back, he discovered the nucleus.
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Bohr contributed to the understanding of the atom by proposing the theory that electrons should be put into energy levels. He said they should move around the nucleus but only in given orbits. When moving from one orbit to the other, with low amounts of energy, a light quantum can be emitted.
https://the-history-of-the-atom.wikispaces.com/file/view/bohr_atom.gif/183324397/bohr_atom.gif
"Niels Bohr - Facts". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. Web. 23 Oct 2016. http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1922/bohr-facts.html

Schrödinger contributed to the understanding of the atom by building off of what Bohr had already done. his theory was that we needed a better way to deal with the more complicated molecules and atoms. He did this by making a wave equation that accurately calculated the energy of electrons in atoms.
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"Erwin Schrödinger - Facts". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. Web. 24 Oct 2016. http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1933/schrodinger-facts.html

Heisenberg contributed to the understanding of the atom by formulating a type of quantum mechanic based on matrices. Also in 1927, he proposed the "uncertainty relation", setting limits for how accurately the position and velocity of a particle can be determined at the same time.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Heisenberg's_Uncertainty_Principle_Graph.png/220px-Heisenberg's_Uncertainty_Principle_Graph.png
"Werner Heisenberg - Facts". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. Web. 24 Oct 2016. http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1932/heisenberg-facts.html

Chadwick contributed to the understanding of the atom by proving that there was something else in the nucleus besides the protons. They were called neutrons. He figured this out by directing alpha particles at beryllium.
https://sites.google.com/site/historyofanatom/_/rsrc/1468750669870/james-chadwick/Chadwick%20neutron.png
"James Chadwick - Facts". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. Web. 23 Oct 2016. http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1935/chadwick-facts.html