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Modern physics




ATOMS AND NUCLEI
Alpha-particle scattering experiment;
Rutherford's model of atom;
Bohr model,
energy levels, hydrogen spectrum.
Composition and size of nucleus,
atomic masses,
Mass-energy relation, mass defect;
binding energy per nucleon and its variation with mass number,
nuclear fission, and fusion.

,History of Atoms
800BC 600BC :
· Indian Philosopher Maharishi Kanada

Matter is made up of Parmany or any




370 BC :
I Greek Philosopher Democritus 460 BC

Everything is made up of atoms -
uncuttable

Atoms comes from Greek word

atomos meaning indivisible



1 Greek Philosopher Aristotle 384 BC 322 BC : -




Matter comprises Five elements

earth , water , Fire air and space
,

, I British Chemist John Dalton 1803 :

Atoms are indivisible
Each element has unique atoms

combine in Fixed ratios Form
to compounds
They
Atoms are conserved in chemical reactions
.




British Physicist J . Thomson 1897 ·
J




1 .



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Cathode Ray Tube Experiment

Discovery of electron

ratio 10
Discovered charge to mass :
E = 1 75
.
x


KE
Millikian Oil drop experiment (1909) : Charge of electron = 1 6
. x 10 9 C


Plum pudding model (1904) OR Watermelon Model

of
Atom Consist
of uniform Sphere
+ Ve charge with
it.
-
Ye electrons embedded in

, I Ernest Rutherford (1911) :


Discovery of alpha particles and B particles (1899)
& particle gold Foil experiment
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Planetary model of atom
:




Discovery of Protons :

1 Niel Bohr Model (1913) : -




James Chadwick :
Discovery of Neutrons (1932)

· Erwin Schrdinger : Quantum Mechanical Model (1920s) : -




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