Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
What were the drawbacks of Rutherford’s model of an atom?
Advertisements
Solution
Drawbacks of Rutherford’s model of an atom:
- Any particle in a circular motion would undergo acceleration and would radiate energy. Thus revolving electron would lose energy and finally fall into the nucleus. Thus atom should be unstable and should not exist in a stable form.
- The model did not give any arrangement of electrons around the nucleus.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
State whether the following statement is true or false :
Thomson proposed that the nucleus of an atom contains protons and neutrons.
Which part of an atom was discovered by Rutherford's alpha particle scattering experiment?
Give the evidence for the existence of nucleus in an atom.
What important information is furnished about the nucleus of an atom by the alpha particle scattering experiment of Rutherford?
How was it shown that an atom has a lot of empty space within it?
Describe the Rutherford's model of an atom. State one drawback of Rutherford's model of the atom.
Rutherford's alpha particle scattering experiment led to the discovery of :
Draw a neat labelled diagram
Rutherford's scattering experiment
Which of the following statements about Rutherford’s model of atom are correct?
(i) considered the nucleus as positively charged
(ii) established that the α–particles are four times as heavy as a hydrogen atom
(iii) can be compared to solar system
(iv) was in agreement with Thomson’s model
When an α-particle happens to come near a nucleus the intense electric field of these scatters it through a large angle then what is the effect of atomic electrons on α-particle?
