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Plum pudding model

The plum pudding model is an obsolete scientific model of the atom. It was first proposed by J. J. Thomson in 1904 following his discovery of the electron in 1897, and was rendered obsolete by Ernest Rutherford's discovery of the atomic nucleus in 1911. The model tried to account for two properties of atoms then known: that there are electrons, and that…

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Thomson's 1910 beta scattering model

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Plum pudding model

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Edges73
Triples24
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027027
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related to Demise of the plum pudding model · 13
Plum pudding model → Alpha, Beta, Between, Ernest Marsden, Ernest Rutherford, Hans Geiger, Rutherford, The, The Thomson, They, This, Thomson, Thomson's
related to Rutherford's nuclear model · 10
Plum pudding model → Before Rutherford's, However, It, Moreover, Niels Bohr, Rutherford, Rutherford's, The, Thomson, Thomson's
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Plum pudding model → obsolete scientific model of the atom

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Plum pudding modelis aobsolete scientific model of the atom0.90text
Plum pudding modelrelated to Demise of the plum pudding modelThomson0.60section
Plum pudding modelrelated to Demise of the plum pudding modelErnest Rutherford0.60section
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Plum pudding modelrelated to Demise of the plum pudding modelHans Geiger0.60section
Plum pudding modelrelated to Demise of the plum pudding modelErnest Marsden0.60section
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