j.j. thomson he proved that atoms of any element can be made to emit tiny negative particles. from...
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J.J. Thomson
• He proved that atoms of any element can be made to emit tiny negative particles.
• From this he concluded that ALL atoms must contain these negative particles.
• He knew that atoms did not have a net negative charge and so there must be balancing the negative charge.
J.J. Thomson
William Thomson (Lord Kelvin)
• In 1910 proposed the Plum Pudding model– Negative electrons
were embedded into a positively charged spherical cloud.
Zumdahl, Zumdahl, DeCoste, World of Chemistry 2002, page 56
Spherical cloud ofPositive charge
Electrons
Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937)
• Learned physics in J.J. Thomson’ lab.
• Noticed that ‘alpha’ particles were sometime deflected by something in the air.
• Gold-foil experiment
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Rutherford ‘Scattering’
• In 1909 Rutherford undertook a series of experiments• He fired (alpha) particles at a very thin sample of gold foil• According to the Thomson model the particles would only
be slightly deflected• Rutherford discovered that they were deflected through large
angles and could even be reflected straight back to the source
particlesource
Lead collimator Gold foil
Rutherford’s Apparatus
beam of alpha particles
radioactive substance
gold foil
circular ZnS - coated
fluorescent screen
Dorin, Demmin, Gabel, Chemistry The Study of Matter , 3rd Edition, 1990, page 120
Rutherford received the 1908 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering work in nuclear chemistry.
Interpreting the Observed Deflections
Dorin, Demmin, Gabel, Chemistry The Study of Matter , 3rd Edition, 1990, page 120
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gold foil
deflected particle
undeflected particles
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Table: hypothetical description of alpha particles
alpha rays don’t diffract
alpha rays deflect towards a negatively charged plate and away from a positively charged plate
alpha rays are deflected only slightly by an electric field; a cathode ray passing through the same field is deflected strongly
... alpha radiation is a stream of particles
... alpha particles have a positive charge
... alpha particles either have much lower charge or much greater mass than electrons
observation hypothesis
(based on properties of alpha radiation)
Copyright © 1997-2005 by Fred Senese
Explanation of Alpha-Scattering Results
Plum-pudding atom
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Alpha particles
Nuclear atom
Nucleus
Thomson’s model Rutherford’s model
Results of foil experiment if plum-pudding had been correct.
Electrons scatteredthroughout positive
charges
Zumdahl, Zumdahl, DeCoste, World of Chemistry 2002, page 57
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