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But if new instmments such as the spectroscope, cloud chamber, ionization chamber, and the Dolezalek electrometer allowed Thomson, Rutherford, and others to infer the existence of subatomic particles, the limitations of those instmments were obvious. Of course, they could never allow scientists to perceive an atom, much less an electron, directly the relationship between the body and mind of the observer and the object of observation was always essentially secondhand. Moreover, the relatively primitive nature of the instmments only allowed theories to progress so far. The advent of the cyclotron, the bubble chamber, and other instmments of high-energy physics were still years away. 

What do the atomic models of Dalton, Thomson, Rutherford and Bohr look like ... 

Quantum theory has provided a picture of the atom that allows an immediate approach to valency and molecular structure while furnishing a far more secure basis for the periodic arrangement of the elements than selected physical and chemical properties. This is not to denigrate the achievements of Thomson, Rutherford and Bohr in atomic structure, or of Newlands, Lothar Meyer, Mendeleeff, Bohr and others in evolving the Periodic Law, but rather to seize upon developments which their prescient work made possible. Readers will find it easier to assimilate and remember the facts embodied in the Periodic Classification when these are seen to emerge from the systematic development of electronic structure with increasing atomic number. 

With the advent of modern atomic theory began a new major enterprise in the science of chemistry that of understanding the bulk properties of materials in terms of the properties and machinations of their component submicroscopic atoms and molecules. The enterprise moved very slowly into its current central role in the science of chemistry. Atomic theory won acceptance among chemists only slowly and, in many quarters, grudgingly. Antiatomist views were common among chemists into the late nineteenth-century, and agnostic views persisted until well into the twentieth (e.g.. Smith, 1910, pp. 224-225), despite the experimental work of Thomson, Rutherford, and other physicists on the structure of the atom. 

Skill 20.2 Demonstrate knowledge of the historical progression in the development of the theory of the atom, including the contributions of Dalton, Thomson, Rutherford, and Bohr. 

One example that is often used in chemistry classrooms may illustrate this. In the core of learning about the nature of science is learning about scientific models. Among other characteristics it is important to understand that models in science are developed by scientists, these models are never fully true or false, and can be changed or replaced in the light of new evidence. Different historical models of atomic structure are a good example to reflect about the nature of models in chemistry education. Models of Democritus, Dalton, Thomson, Rutherford and Bohr can be compared in the chemistry classroom, e.g. in a drama play (see Chapter 7). Students can start reflecting about the predictive potential and limitations of the different models. But students can also learn about the time in which the models were developed and about the scientists behind them. Other examples are different models of oxidation and reduction or acid-base chemistry. 

The first steps toward the understanding of the nature of the chemical bond could not be taken until the composition and structure of atoms had been elucidated. The model of the atom that emerged from the early work of Thomson, Rutherford, Moseley, and Bohr was of... 

Further Elucidation of the Concepts of Elements and Isotopes Including Works of van den Broek, Moseley, Rutherford, Thomson, Aston and Lindemann... 

Rutherford decided that the best way to proceed was to bombard the atoms with rapidly moving alpha particles. If Thomson s theory was correct, the paths of the particles would be deviated only slightly. Electrons were thousands of times lighter than alpha particles they couldn t possibly deflect the paths of the alpha particles significantly. Neither could the hypothetical sphere of positive electricity that Thomson had postulated it was too diffuse. So Rutherford and his assistants directed the particles at sheets of thin gold foil, approximately 0.00004 centimeters thick. After the particles passed through... 

However, in the last hundred years or so it has been proved by great scientists, such as Niels Bohr, Albert Einstein, Henry Moseley, Joseph Thomson, Ernest Rutherford and James Chadwick, that atoms are in fact made up of even smaller sub atomic particles. The most important of these are electrons, protons and neutrons, although 70 sub atomic particles have now been discovered. 

The five basic atomic theories are discussed those of Dalton, Thomson, Rutherford, Bohr, and Schrodinger. You should have a mental picture of an atom as described in each atomic theory. 

John Dalton (1766-1844) presented the first scientific proof of the existence of the atom based upon his experimental study. At the start of the 20 century, the theories and empirical studies conducted by Thomson, Rutherford, Planck, Einstein, Bohr, Shrodinger... that delved into atom s stmcture greatly impacted today s progress. 

The laws of chemical combination provided indirect evidence for the existence of atoms. The experiments of Thomson, Wien, and Rutherford provided direct physical evidence for the existence of the elementary particles that make up the atom. We conclude this chapter by describing an experimental method that allows us not only to image individual atoms and molecules but also to observe and control a chemical reaction at the single molecule level—a feat only dreamed of as recently as the mid-1980s. 

I he atom is the most fundamental concept in the science of chemistry. A chem- I ical reaction occurs by regrouping a set of atoms initially found in those molecules called reactants to form those molecules called products. Atoms are neither created nor destroyed in chemical reactions. Chemical bonds between atoms in the reactants are broken, and new bonds are formed between atoms in the products. We have traced the concept of the atom from the suppositions of the Greek philosophers to the physics experiments of Thomson and Rutherford and we have arrived at the planetary model of the atom. We have used the Coulomb force and potential energy laws describing the interactions among the nucleus and the electrons in the planetary atom to account for the gain and loss of electrons by atoms,... 

This chapter has been reorganized to place greater emphasis on the physical structure of the atom, as determined from the classic experiments of Thomson, Millikan, and Rutherford. The chapter ends with direct scanning tunneling microscopy images of individual atoms in chemical reactions. Section 1.6 in Principles of Modern Chemistry, fifth edition (mole, density, molecular volume), has been moved to Chapter 2, which now gives a comprehensive treatment of formulas, stoichiometry, and chemical equations. 

Later researches, chiefly by J. J. Thomson, Rutherford, Aston, and Dempster, have shown that the nucleus itself is further built up of electrons and hydrogen nuclei, called protons. As a consequence of these investigations the old hypothesis of Prout regains significance, in a somewhat different form. The deviations of the atomic weights from whole-number values, which previously ruled out this hypothesis, can be accounted for by the conception of isotopes and energy-mass variations. Not much is definitely known on the subject of nuclear mechanics, and it will not be discussed in this book. 

We argue that to know the universe, students should know its fundamental composition. In this unit, we break the universe into its fundamental building blocks. First, we introduce the concept of the smallest piece of matter. But to do so, we do not simply make a list fundamental particles. Rather we explore the subplot of discovery. How did humans come to know of the fundamental parts of matter Starting with Democritus s atom and going through a sequence of scientists (Dalton, Thomson, Rutherford, Bohr, Pauli, Fermi) we end with our current state of knowledge six quarks and six leptons. 

Cordeiro, E. S., Justi, R. S. (2000). Influencia de Modelos de ensino na aprendizagem de modelos atomicos de Thomson e Rutherford [Influence of models in the teaching and learning of the Thomson s and Rutherford s atomic... 

Joseph John ( JJ ) Thomson (left) and Ernest Rutherford. Both were awarded Nobel Prizes, Thomson In 1906 (for his work on atomic structure) and Rutherford In 1908 (for his work on radioactivity). Much to Thomson s delight, his son, George, also won the Nobel Prize for Physics (In 1937). 

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