Why could rutherford model not explain stability of an atom anawer?
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According to Rutherford's model of an atom, electrons revolved around the positively charged nucleus. But, due to this the electrons will accelerate and radiate energy. The electrons will finally fall into the nucleus. Thus, the atom will become highly unstable.
Rutherford atomic model is also called planetary model of the atom,because the assumption that the electrons were orbiting around the nucleus, like planets around sun.
According to the classical electromagnetic theory, if a charged particle accelerates around oppositely charged particles, the former will radiate energy.
If the electron radiates energy, its speed will decrease and it will go into spiral motion, falling into the nucleus.
This doesn’t happen as then the atom would be unstable, which it is not.