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John Dalton: Solid Sphere Model
Performed experiments with various chemicals that showed that matter and developed modern atomic theory. -
J.J Thompson: The Plum Pudding Model
English physicist, discovered the electron and proposed a model for the structure. He knew that electrons had a negative charge and had a theory matter must have a positive charge. -
Ernest Rutherford: Nuclear Model
Used alpha rays to bombard atoms, lead to a theory of the inside of a atom. Rutherford used radium as the source of the alpha particles and shinned them onto the atoms in gold foil. -
Niels Bohr: The Bohr Model
Came up with a theory that said the electrons do not spiral into the nucleus and came up with some rules. Came up with the 2 rules. -
Erwin Schrodinger: Quantum Mechanic Model
Thought of ways electrons move as a wave and formed the basis of wave mechanics from his theories.