Rutherford’s atomic model
Why Rutherford’s model of atom failed?
March 17, 2011 by Afifa Gillani
Filed under F.Sc Chemistry
Rutherford’s model is based on the laws of motion gravitation. According to this model, the outermost electrons could not be stationary. If they were, they would gradually be attracted by the nucleus, till they fall into it.But for stable atomic structure the electrons were supposed to be moving around the nucleus in closed orbits.
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