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Important events in early atomic <strong>physics</strong><br />

1909 Geiger & Marsden - results on α scattering by thin foils<br />

1910 Haas - first atomic model containing Planck’s constant h<br />

1910 Thomson - theory of scattering in the ”plum pudding” model<br />

1911 Rutherford - nuclear atom model<br />

1913 Van den Broek - atomic number = nuclear charge Z<br />

1913 Van den Broek - nuclear electrons<br />

1913 Bohr - planetary atom model<br />

1913 Franck-Hertz experiment<br />

1913 Geiger & Marsden - confirmation of Rutherford’s theory<br />

1913 Moseley - frequencies of characteristic X radiation<br />

1913 Fajans, Soddy - displacement law for radioactive decays<br />

1913 Soddy - isotopes<br />

1914 Chadwick - continuous spectrum of electrons in β decay<br />

1916 Sommerfeld - extension of Bohr’s model<br />

1921 Stern-Gerlach experiment<br />

1922 Compton effect - scattering of X rays on free electrons<br />

1923 de Broglie - matter waves

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