Atomic Discoveries and WWII

Atomic Discoveries and WWII

1. Contributors to the Atomic Discoveries

   • Dalton
     • - all mater is made of atoms, which are indivisible and indestructible. They all belong to a certain category.
   • Chadwick
     • -He discovered the neutrons in the atoms
   • Thompson
     • He discovered the protons and electrons.
   • Bohr
     • A system consisting of a small, dense nucleus surrounded by electrons.
   • Rutherford
     • a tiny,dense,positively charged core called a nucleus.
   • schodinger
     • likelihood of finding an electron in a certain position, electrons don’t move in set paths around nucleus but waves

2. WWII

   • world war 2 also called the second war, conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during the years 1939-1945. The principal belligerents were the Axis powers- Germany, Italy and Japan and their allies who're Great Britain, US, SU, China.

3. What have we concluded?

   • While the wwII was happening, many scientists contributed to the atomic discovery, in some cases those discoveries were used at war, such as the atomic bomb.