Question

Why Rutherford's model failed?​

Answer 1

Rutherford proposed that electrons revolve at a high speed in circular orbits around the positively charged nucleus. ... Thus Rutherford's atom could not explain the stability of the atom. Failure of Rutherford's model i.e. reduction of radius of orbit

Answer 2

Rutherford's model of the atom had certain limitations which is the reason why it failed:

Although the Rutherford atomic model was based on experimental observations it failed to explain certain things.

• Rutherford proposed that the electrons revolved around the nucleus in fixed paths called orbits Rutherford model could not explain the stability of an atom.

• One of the drawbacks of the Rutherford model was also that he did not say anything about the arrangement of electrons in an atom which made his theory incomplete.

Although the early atomic models were inaccurate and failed to explain certain experimental results, they were the base for future developments in the world of quantum mechanics.

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