Question

What are the demerits of rudherford's atomic model

Answer 1

There are two drawbacks of Rutherford's atomic model.
i)About the stability of atom-: According to this electron should emit energy in the form of electromagnetic wave during it's orbital motion.Therefore orbit of electron will decrease gradually and ultimately it will fall in the nucleus.
ii)About the line spectrum-: Rutherford can not explain atomic line spectrum.