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History of the atom
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John Dalton
John Dalton proposed that elements consisted of atoms that were identical and had the same mass and that compounds were atoms from different elements combined together. -
Dmitri Mendeleev
Dmitri Mendeleev created the periodic table. -
J.J. Thompson
J.J. Thompson determined the charge to mass ratio of electrons. -
Rutherford
Rutherford discovered alpha, beta, and gamma rays in radiation. -
Niels Bohr
Niels Bohr proposed an atomic structure theory that stated the outer orbit of an atom could hold more electrons than the inner orbit. -
Erwin Schroedinger
Erwin Schroedinger developed wave mechanics which describe the behaviour of quantum systems for bosons.