Question

What was the scientists' major problem with Rutherford's model of the atom? How was it resolved?

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Answer 1

Answer:

Rutherford's model was unable to explain the stability of an atom. According to Rutherford's postulate, electrons revolve at a very high speed around a nucleus of an atom in a fixed orbit. However, Maxwell explained accelerated charged particles release electromagnetic radiations.

Answer 2

Joseph John “J. J.” Thomson proposed the ‘plum pudding’ model of the atom in 1904,[1] seven years after he discovered the electron[2] (discussed in Chapter 6).

Thomson described the atom as being composed of electrons surrounded by a positive charge that neutralises the atom. The electrons are distributed like plums inside a pudding, or raisins inside a fruitcake.