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History of the Atom Physical Science Mr. Willis Elements Element - substance made up of only one kind of atom cannot be broken down by a chemical change Represented by symbols such as N (nitrogen) The Model of the Atom has Changed Atom - smallest particle of an element w/the properties of that element All matter is composed of atoms Democritus – 420 B.C. Cheese thought experiment Eventually, matter cannot be divided any further. This unit is called the atom Aristotle – 360 B.C. Matter is continuous; can always be divided John Dalton – (1766-1844) Revived & added to Democritus’ theory Solid spheres Composed atomic theory (next slide) The Atomic Theory 1. All elements are composed of atoms, which are indivisible and indestructible. 2.The atoms of an element are identical in their masses. (This was proven false with the discovery of Isotopes) 3. Atoms of different elements have different masses 4. Compounds are formed by joining the atoms of two or more elements in definite whole-number ratios (e.g. 1:1, 1:2, 3:2, ...) JJ Thomson - 1897 Plum-pudding model Ball of + charge w/charges stuck inside it Used cathode-ray tube to discover electrons & create theory Lord Ernest Rutherford - 1911 Gold foil experiment Solar system model dense, positively charged center called nucleus Most of the atom is empty space with electron particles orbiting the nucleus Neils Bohr - 1913 Thought his theory solved light-emission problem Electrons orbit nucleus in certain energy levels Electricity excites electrons & they jump to higher energy level. They then return to original energy level, giving off excess energy as heat and/or light Only works with Hydrogen Quantum Mechanical Model – 1920s Electrons behave not only like a particle, but also like a wave. Electron energy levels are made up of sub-orbital levels The speed and location of an electron in an atom cannot both be precisely known so electrons are in all places at all times This is called the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle Today’s model: positive nucleus made of protons & neutrons surrounded by cloud of negatively charged particles called electrons nucleus contains nearly all of the mass nucleus is extremely small This picture is quite distorted. If we drew the atom to scale and made protons and neutrons a centimeter in diameter, then the electrons and quarks would be less than the diameter of a hair and the entire atom's diameter would be greater than the length of thirty football fields! 99.999999999999% of an atom's volume is just empty space!