Discovery of electron J.J. Thomson ( ) /thomson.html (Kennedy, Chemistry Live!)
Mass spectrometry Sample converted to positive ions by collisions with a stream of high energy electrons on entering the spectrometer. Charged sample is accelerated using applied voltage Ions then passed into an evacuated tube and through a magnetic field. Magnetic field causes ions to be deflected by different amounts depending on their mass. Ions with the same mass-to-charge ratio hit the detector at the same spot. ( Brown, LeMay and Bursten, 9 th ed., p.45)
Determination of electron charge Robert Millikan (1868 – 1953)
Discovery of nucleus Ernest Rutherford ( )
Quantum Theory and the Atom Niels Bohr (1885 – 1962) posted/surprises-bohr.html