Transcript Slide 1
Physical Science
The Atom
Atoms – the smallest recognizable
building block used to make
all other substances
Atom = one
Element = many
Atoms
Atoms are so small that you can count a line
of a million carbon atoms or more across
your thumbnail
So, if they are so small, how do we know
anything about them
Well, Amazing experiments by cool
scientists…… that’s how
Cathode Ray Tube
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Development of the Atom
• Joseph John Thompson - Used cathode ray
tube to discover the negative charged
electron and the mass to charge ratio on the
electron
Development of the Atom
• Joseph John Thompson - Used cathode ray
tube to discover the negative charged
electron and the mass to charge ration on the
electron
• Robert Millkan - Determined the electron
charge, using oil drop experiment
Development of the Atom
• Joseph John Thompson - Used cathode ray
tube to discover the negative charged
electron and the mass to charge ration on the
electron
• Robert Millkan - Determined the electron
charge, using oil drop experiment
• Dmitri Mendeleev - Father of the periodic
table – predicted that his unfilled table
represented undiscovered elements
Mendeleev’s Periodic Table
Particle charge
mass
symbol
Alpha
2+
4 amu
a
Beta
1- 1/1837 amu
b
Gamma
0
0
g
stopped by
Paper
foil
1 inch lead
Particle symbol
mass
charge
Proton
p+ 1.67 x10-27kg (1amu) 1+
Neutron
n 1.67 x10-27kg(1amu) 0
Electron e9.11 x 10-31kg
1-
position
nucleus
nucleus
outside
Atomic number
The number of protons
and
electrons in an atom
Atomic Mass
The number of protons
+
Neutrons in an atom
Isotope
Atoms with the same
number of protons but
a different number of
neutrons
e
e
e