

When the power is turned on, the electrodes become charged and produce a stream of charged particles.

Each electrode is connected to a power source (battery). A cathode ray is a tube that has a piece of metal, called an electrode, at each end. Used cathode rays to prove that Dalton’s Solid-ball model could be broken into smaller particles Cathode Ray Tubes Cathode rays had been used for some time before Thompson’s experiments. Dalton was the first person to recognize a workable distinction between the fundamental particle of an element (atom) and that of a compound (molecule).ħ JJ Thomson (1856-1940) Cathode Ray Tubes aka billiard ball model Not the model of today Merits of Dalton's atomic theory The atomic theory explains the laws of chemical combination (the Law of Constant Composition and the Law of Multiple Proportions).

In a chemical reaction, atoms are separated, combined, or rearrangedĥ A visual of some of Dalton’s postulatesĦ Dalton’s Atomic Model Based on Dalton’s Atomic Theory (6 postulates), most scientists in the 1800s believed that the atom was like a tiny solid ball that could not be broken up into parts. Different atoms combine in simple/definite whole number ratios to make compounds (you can’t have a ½ of a Carbon bonding with Oxygen it’s a whole atom or no atom) 6.

Atoms are indivisible and indestructible 5. All atoms of different elements are different. All atoms of a given element are identical, having the same: a) size b) mass c) chemical properties. Democritus model Not the model of todayģ John Dalton (early 1800’s) Dalton’s Atomic Theoryĭalton’s ideas were so brilliant that they have remained essentially intact up to the present time and has only been slightly corrected.Ĥ Dalton’s Atomic Theory aka: 6 PostulatesĪll matter is composed of extremely small particles called atoms. Was the first person to come up with the idea of atom Believed that all matter was composed of indivisible particles he called “ATOMS” Which is derived from the Greek word “Atomos” – meaning indivisible Other philosophers of that time did not agree with his theories. In this case, two virtual coherent sources are point sources and replace slits in Young’s experiment.Q.1 History of Atomic Theory from Democritus to RutherfordĪtomic Structure History of Atomic Theory from Democritus to Rutherford Two virtual coherent sources formed from the original source. One of these component is refracted from upper portion of biprism and the other one refracted through lower portion. When monochromatic light through a narrow slit falls on biprism that divides it into two components. In this way, it gives rise to unwanted diffraction effects that causes errors.The Fresnel biprism experiment overcomes this problem.A Fresnel biprism is a variation of Young’s Slits experiment. This however is not the case, since the slits have finite width. For the Young’s slits experiment, we must approximate that the slits act as point sources. This is equivalent to a single prism with one of its angle nearly 179° and other two of 0.5° each.In Young’s double Slits experiment, a single source is split in two coherent sources. This resulted in two split beams which acted as if they were from two coherent sources and which therefore interfered with each other.A Fresnel Biprism is a thin double prism placed base to base and have very small refracting angle ( 0.5°). He split a diverging beam of light into two parts by using the biprism to refract them. Read the following text and answer the following questions on the basis of the same:In one of his experiments on interference, August Jean Fresnel used a biprism to induce interference between two beams.
