Beyond The Plum Pudding: The Untold Story Of J.J. Thompson

Thomson, a british physicist, proposed the first model of the atom in 1904, often referred to as the plum pudding model. His work marked a significant milestone in. The model, british physicists recognized, was reminiscent of a plum pudding, a dessert adored by the british. The electrons were the negative plums embedded in a positive. Thomson's atom model, also known as the plum pudding model, proposed that atoms were composed of a positively charged sphere with negatively charged electrons embedded within.

The plum pudding model was the first model to suggest that atoms were not the smallest unit of matter, and that they may be made. J. j thomson's model was rejected for the following reasons. Though the plum pudding model proposed by j. j thomson was able to explain the stability of atom; Also in 1904 j. j. Thomson proposed for us to use the plum pudding model of the atom. This proposal was before the discovery of the atomic nucleus joseph john thomson. on august. Thomsons model became known as the plum pudding model or chocolate chip cookie model. It envisioned electrons being enclosed within a uniform sphere of positive charge, similar to.