Structure of an Atom

Structure of an Atom
 Neutrons were discovered by James Chadwick in 1932, when he demonstrated
that penetrating radiation incorporated beams of neutral particles. Neutrons are
located in the nucleus with the protons. Along with protons, they make up almost
all of the mass of the atom. The number of neutrons is called the neutron number
and can be found by subtracting the proton number from the atomic mass number.
The neutrons in an element determine the isotope of an atom, and often its
stability. The number of neutrons is not necessarily equal to the number of
protons.
Structure of an Atom
Different Models
of an Atom
Democritu
s
John Dalton
Joseph John
Thomson
 Ernest
Rutherford
Niels Bohr
 Erwin
Schrodinger