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History of Atom

DEMOCRITUS ( 5TH century bc) JOHNDALTON(1803) J.J THOMSON (1897)


Atomism Solid Sphere Model Plum Pudding Model

Democritus argued that all According to Dalton's atomic theory, Before the discovery of the nucleus,
matter was composed of small, objects are constituted of particles JJ Thomson proposed the 'plum
finite particles that they called referred to as atoms, which are pudding' model of the atom.
atomos, a term derived from the solid spheres that cannot be further According to this model, the atom is
Greek word for “indivisible.” They divided into smaller particles. a sphere of positive charge, and the
thought of atoms as moving Interestingly, this concept bears a negatively charged electrons are
particles that differed in shape resemblance to the model embedded within to balance out the
and size, and which could join developed by the Greeks in the fifth overall positive charge.
together. century BCE.

ERNEST RUTHERFORD (1911) NIELS BOHR (1913) ERWIN SCHRöDINGER (1926)


Nuclear Model Planetary Model Quantum Model

The planetary model said that the According to the quantum


The Nuclear Model, a widely electrons moved around the nucleus mechanical model of
accepted model of the atom, like planets orbiting the sun, at Schrodinger, electrons orbit
proposes that the atom has a random. In 1913, Bohr, found that
that electron orbitals are actually
atoms randomly and create
positively charged nucleus at
located at fixed distances from the an electron cloud that
its center, with electrons
nucleus. His model demonstrated encompasses all potential
revolving around the nucleus the existence of energy levels electron locations.
in orbits. located at these distances.

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