Question

Write down any three postulates of Rutherford's atomic model.

Answer 1

Answer:

According to the Rutherford atomic model:

Rutherford model proposed that the negatively charged electrons surround the nucleus of an atom.

The positively charged particles and most of the mass of an atom was concentrated in an extremely small volume. He called this region of the atom as a nucleus.

Rutherford also claimed that the electrons surrounding the nucleus revolve around it with very high speed in circular paths. He named these circular paths as orbits.

Electrons being negatively charged and nucleus being a densely concentrated mass of positively charged particles are held together by a strong electrostatic force of attraction.