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Year1897
ScientistJ.J. Thomson
ClassificationElectron Discovered
Atomic Model·1897
Thomson Model
Plum Pudding
1897
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Nobel
Physics 1906
Year1897
ScientistJ.J. Thomson (1856–1940)
NobelPhysics Nobel 1906
ClassificationElectron Discovered
Thomson Model
Problem solved
Thomson's discovery of the electron…
The model
The atom is a diffuse positive sphere…
How it was discovered
J.J. Thomson studied cathode rays…
Limitation
Does not explain Geiger-Marsden…
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