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Atomic Theory
John Dalton (1802)
Billiard Ball Model
1. Elements are composed of small indivisible particles called atoms.
As radiation is
released the atom
decays into smaller
atoms until
nonradioactive
A Glitch in Periodicity? -
Radioactivity
In 1906, Frederick Soddy
observed that lead
atoms produced from
different radioactive ores
(uranium and thorium)
had different masses