Chemistry Timeline

  • 350

    Aristotle

    Aristotle
    Noone argued with his theory. He though all matter was fire,water,earth, or air.
  • Period: 350 to

    Famous Dead guys

  • 400

    Democritus

    Democritus
    He believed everything was made of atoms.
  • 500

    Parmedides

    Parmedides
    Parmedides believed everything was made of building blocks.
  • John Dalton

    John Dalton
    1, All elements are composed of indivisible atoms.(false, nuclear reaction)2. Atoms of same element are of different elements are different. (false, isotopes, and ions)3.Atoms make compunds.4. Atoms are rearranged in chemical reactions.
    Ballard Ball Model Not created, not changed, not destroyed
  • Dmitri Mendeleev

    Dmitri Mendeleev
    He created the 1st periodic table. They were sorted by weights, and left gaps. Elements filled in gaps later.
  • JJ Tomson

    JJ Tomson
    He discovered electrons but not details. "Cathode ray tube" (class tube of gas. This model is called the Plum-Pudding Model. It was a possitivley charged goop.
  • Robert Millikan

    Robert Millikan
    He founds the charge and mass of a electron. It was 1/2000 Mass of atom.
  • Ernest Rutherford

    Ernest Rutherford
    He found poss (protons) nucleus with electrons around. Nucleus is very tiny and dense.
  • Gold-foil experiment

    Gold-foil experiment
    This experiment shot alpha particles at golden foil. They should have went straight through, but some bounded off. This showed there was a nucleaus, rest of space was empty.
  • Niels Bohr

    Niels Bohr
    His theory was that the electrons orbited in rings. Also that they could jump orbit to orbit to emit energy.
  • Chadwick

    Chadwick
    He discovered neutron.
  • Manhattan Project

    Manhattan Project
    This project was nuclear research , created atomic bomb for WW11. This proved Daltons theory was wrong.
  • Cloud model

    Cloud model
    Electrons arnt necessarily neat rings, but in different shaped clouds. This depended on energy level.