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Question
In what way is the Rutherford’s atomic model different from that of Thomson’s atomic model?
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Solution
Thomson’s model of the atom proposed the resin pudding structure in which electrons are embedded like resins in a positively charged sphere of pudding or cake. Rutherford’s model could be compared with a solar system. According to his model, the positive charge is concentrated in a very small space in the center which was called the nucleus. Electrons revolve around the nucleus in well-defined orbits.
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