What were the limitations of Rutherford's model of an Atom?
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It could not explain the stability of an atom, i.e how a positive charge in the atom holds the negatively charged electrons. It could not explain the position of nucleus in an atom. Drawbacks of Rutherford's Model: The orbital revolution of the electron is not expected to be stable. Rutherford gave the explanation that electrons revolve around the nucleus in a spiral path. This too is not satisfactory because in following a spiral path, energy is lost by the electrons and ultimately they will fall into the nucleus, but atoms are stable.
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hey mate here is the ans of your qun ....
According to rutherfords model of an atom electrons revolve around the nucleus as planet revolve around the sun . But electrons revolvinng in circular orbits will not be stable because during revolution they experience acceleration .
Due to acceleration, they will lose energy in the form of radiation arid fall into the nucleus. In such a cases the atom would be highly unstable and would collapse....
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