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Bryan
Bryan asked in Science & MathematicsAstronomy & Space · 1 decade ago

what were the way scientists knew about atoms before x-ray diffraction?

no extra detail...it's a bullet point on a study guide and i've searched on line and all throughout my book, but I can't find it. thanks for any help

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  • Bob D1
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    Additionally,

    (".... Importantly, Einstein's paper also made predictions about the properties of atoms that could be tested. The French physicist Jean Perrin used Einstein's predictions to work out the size of atoms and removed any remaining doubts about the existence of atoms.")

    See: did you know ... Brownian Motion

    http://www.einsteinyear.org/facts/brownian_motion/

    Source(s): self
  • gintable
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Hypotheses since the ancient world

    JJ Thompson's crooks tube experiment with the electron

    Ernest Rutherford's gold foil experiment

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