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Democritus
Democritus' Atomic ModelMatter is composed of small particles called "atoms" that could be divided no further. Atoms are indivisible. -
Lavoisier
Law of Conservation of Mass(Matter)He made measurements of a chemical change in a sealed container. Founded the Law of Conservation of Mass. -
Proust
Law of Definite ProportionsHe is a French chemist who founded the Law of Definite Proportion. -
Dalton
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Thomson
Cathode Ray Tube
He used the cathode ray experiment and found that electrons and protons exist. -
Rutherford
Gold Foil ExperimentPlum Pudding Model
He revised the plum pudding model and the gold foil experiment concluded that atoms must be mostly empty space, they have a small dense center, and the nucleus must be positively charged since alpha particles are positive. -
Millikan
Oil Drop ExperimentRobert A. Millikan was an American experimental physicist, and Nobel laureate in physics for his measurement of the charge on the electron. -
Chadwick
Chadwick's atomic modelChadwick proved the existence of the neutron