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The development of the model of the atom

Atomic structure

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Warm-up

Atomic structure

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Answer each one, then check.

1

Who discovered the electron?

2

What is a scientific model?

3

What is an alpha particle?

4

What is evidence?

5

Who discovered the neutron?

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Warm-up - Answers

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Who discovered the electron?

J. J. Thomson

2

What is a scientific model?

A simplified representation used to explain observations

3

What is an alpha particle?

Two protons and two neutrons (a helium nucleus)

4

What is evidence?

Results from experiments that support or reject an idea

5

Who discovered the neutron?

James Chadwick

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Learning Objectives

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Describe how the atomic model has changed over time.

2

Describe the plum pudding model and the nuclear model.

3

Explain why the alpha particle scattering experiment led to the nuclear model.

4

Describe the contributions of Bohr, the discovery of the proton and Chadwick's neutron.

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Atomic structure

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CHANGING MODELS

New experimental evidence may lead to a scientific model being changed or replaced.

The atom has been thought of as a solid sphere, a plum pudding, a nuclear atom, then with electrons in specific orbits, and finally with protons and neutrons in the nucleus.

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How the Atom Model Changed

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Each new model came from new evidence.

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The Alpha Scattering Experiment

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Most alpha particles passed straight through.

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Evidence and Conclusions

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Match each result to its explanation.

Observation

Conclusion

Most alpha particles went straight through

Most of the atom is empty space

Some were deflected through small angles

The nucleus is positive and repels the positive alpha particles

A very few bounced back

The mass is concentrated in a tiny, dense, charged nucleus

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Plum Pudding or Nuclear?

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PLUM PUDDING MODEL

• A ball of positive charge.

• Negative electrons embedded in it.

• Charge and mass spread throughout the atom.

NUCLEAR MODEL

• A tiny, positively charged nucleus at the centre.

• Electrons orbit at a distance.

• Most of the atom is empty space.

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Why the Model Changed

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Explain why the results of the alpha scattering experiment led to the plum pudding model being replaced.

1

Plum pudding prediction

Alpha particles should pass through with only small deflections

2

Result

Some were deflected by large angles and a few rebounded

3

Conclusion

A concentrated, positive nucleus must exist, so the nuclear model replaced the plum pudding model

ANSWER

The scattering results could not be explained by the plum pudding model, so the nuclear model replaced it.

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The Story

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Learn the sequence.

Before the electron

Atoms were thought to be tiny spheres that could not be divided.

Discovery of the electron

Led to the plum pudding model.

Alpha scattering

Led to the nuclear model; the nucleus was charged.

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The Story (cont.)

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Bohr

Adapted the nuclear model with electrons orbiting at specific distances; his calculations agreed with experiments.

Protons

The nucleus's charge was divided into whole-number units: protons.

Chadwick

Provided evidence for neutrons about 20 years after the nucleus was accepted.

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Key Terms

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Model

A representation used to explain observations.

Plum pudding model

A ball of positive charge with electrons embedded.

Alpha scattering

An experiment in which alpha particles are fired at gold foil.

Nuclear model

An atom with a small, dense, positive nucleus.

Bohr model

Electrons orbit the nucleus at specific distances.

Evidence

Experimental results that support or contradict a model.

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YOUR TASK

Predict the Result

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If the plum pudding model were correct, what would happen to alpha particles fired at gold foil? What actually happened, and what did it show?

1

Predict with plum pudding.

2

Compare with the result.

WHAT A GOOD ANSWER SHOWS

They would pass through with small deflections. In fact most passed straight through, some were deflected by large angles and a few bounced back, showing a small dense positive nucleus.

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Can I...?

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Describe the plum pudding model.

Describe the nuclear model.

Describe the alpha scattering results.

Explain why the model changed.

Say what Bohr added.

Say what Chadwick showed.

Explain why models change.

Order the models.

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Summary & Exam Focus

Plum pudding: ball of positive charge with electrons in it.

Nuclear: small positive nucleus with electrons around it.

Alpha scattering evidence changed the model.

Bohr: specific orbits. Chadwick: neutrons.

EXAM FOCUS

Describe the difference between the plum pudding model and the nuclear model of the atom. (3 marks)

Say where the positive charge and mass are in each.

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