Question

8. (a) What are the two main features of Rutherford's atomic model?

1) the centrally located nucleus =
• the size of the nucleus is very small compared to the size of the atom as a whole.
•the nucleus is a centrally located positively charged mass the entire mass of the atoms is concentrated in it it is the densest part of the atom.

2) the outer circular orbits =
•electrons revolve in circular orbit called shells in the space available around the nucleus
•an atom is electrically natural, the number of proton and the number of neutron present in an atom are equal.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1 , there are positively charged nucleus at center of an atom . 2 , almost the entire mass of the atom is concentrated in the nucleus