Structure of the Atom

Synopsis

Explores the history and development of the model of the atom. In six 10-minute segments: The Earliest Models (Democritus, Roger Bacon, William Gilbert, Niccolo Cabeo, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Augustin Coulomb, Antoine Lavoisier, Joeeph Proust); Smaller than the Smallest (John Dalton, Michael Faraday, William Crookes, J J Thomson, R A Millikan); The Rutherford Model (Ernest Rutherford’s use of radioactivity to probe the atom); The Bohr Model; Spectra; The Wave Mechanical Model (Louis Victor de Broglie’s predictions of the allowable orbits and radii of atoms).

Series

Concepts in Science: Physics, Series

Language

English

Country

Canada

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min.

Year of production

1985

Availability

Sale; 1999 sale: £29.50 (+VAT +p&p)

Uses

A-level or introductory undergraduate physics.

Subjects

Physics

Keywords

atomic structure

Production Company

Name

TV Ontario

Web

http://www.tvo.org External site opens in new window

Phone

+1 416 484 2886

Fax

+1 416 484 2896

Address

Box 200
Station Q
Toronto
Ontario
M4T 2T1
Canada

Distributor

Name

Viewtech Educational Media

Notes

NB. Viewtech ceased trading in 2014 and the company’s products are no longer in distribution