scopeMODEL.RUTHERFORD
Year1911
ScientistErnest Rutherford
ClassificationNucleus Discovered
Atomic Model·1911
Rutherford Model
The Nucleus
1911
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Nobel
Chemistry 1908
Year1911
ScientistErnest Rutherford (1871–1937)
NobelChemistry Nobel 1908
ClassificationNucleus Discovered
Rutherford Model
Problem solved
Geiger-Marsden showed strong deflections…
The model
Tiny central nucleus, electrons orbiting…
How it was discovered
Rutherford bombarded gold foil…
Limitation
Electron in circular orbit would spiral in…
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