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Key points. J.J. Thomson's experiments with cathode ray tubes showed that all atoms contain tiny negatively charged subatomic particles or electrons. Thomson's plum pudding model of the atom had negatively-charged electrons embedded within a positively-charged "soup."
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Thomson atomic model, earliest theoretical description of the inner structure of atoms, proposed about 1900 by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) and strongly supported by Sir Joseph John Thomson, who had discovered (1897) the electron, a negatively charged part of every atom. Though several alternative models were advanced in the 1900s by Kelvin ...
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In Thomson’s model, the atom is composed of electrons (which Thomson still called “corpuscles,” though G. J. Stoney had proposed that atoms of electricity be called electrons in 1894) surrounded by a soup of positive charge to balance the electrons’ negative charges, like negatively charged “plums” surrounded by positively charged ...
Feb 2, 2020 · Prior to Thomson's discovery of electrons, scientists believed the atom was the smallest fundamental unit of matter. Thomson called the particle he discovered 'corpuscles' rather than electrons. Thomson's master's work, Treatise on the motion of vortex rings, provides a mathematical description of William Thomson's vortex theory of atoms. He ...
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Apr 27, 2023 · Based on his observations, here is what Thomson proposed and why: The particles are attracted by positive (+) charges and repelled by negative (−) charges, so they must be negatively charged (like charges repel and unlike charges attract); they are less massive than atoms and indistinguishable, regardless of the source material, so they must ...
Based on his observations, here is what Thomson proposed and why: The particles are attracted by positive (+) charges and repelled by negative (−) charges, so they must be negatively charged (like charges repel and unlike charges attract); they are less massive than atoms and indistinguishable, regardless of the source material, so they must ...
The History of the Atomic Model: Thomson and the Plum Pudding. Expert. . 1. m. J.J Thomson contributed massively to the model of the atom and the modern day theory. His work involved the use of cathode ray tubes and identifying a particle lighter than the atom itself, the electron. Refresher: The atomic model originated in the 5th century BC ...
