Antoine Lavoisier main
Law of conservation of matter
Joseph Louis Proust main
John Dalton
- solid sphere model
Sir William Crookes
J.J. Thompson
Plum pudding model
Robert Milikan
Oil drop
Determined mass and charge of an electron
Henri Bacquerel
Photographer
Ernest Rutherford
Aristotle
Thought everything was made up of 4 elements- earth, air, water, and fire. Also, student of Plato
Democritus
Student of Aristotle but thought that he was wrong. Thought that everything was made up of Atoms- “indivisible” in Greek. 400 BCE
Between these philosophers and the modern exploration of matter
was something called Alchemy- the making of gold
Antoine Lavoisier
Joseph Louis Proust
Law of Constant proportion/Law of definite composition-
The ratio of the elements in a compound remains the same. Ex. Water always has 2 hydrogen and 1 oxygen.
Law of Multiple Proportions-
Same element can be in different compounds as long as ratio changes. Ex. H2O= 2:1 while H2O2= 1:1
Combustion reactions
John Dalton
The Atomic Theory of Matter-John Dalton
Sir William Crookes
J.J. Thompson
Robert Millikan
- Determined the mass and change of an electron
Henri Becquerel
- Photographed uranium- a radioactive rock and noticed exposure
Ernest Rutherford- Radioactive emissions
Ernest Rutherford-Gold Foil