What did rutherfords madel of the atom not tell us about the atom

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Cara

11 April, 00:22

What did rutherfords madel of the atom not tell us about the atom

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Jasiah Jensen · Answer 1

Rutherford's model of the atom did not tell us the following things:

Rutherford model states that the electrons wander around the nucleus orbits that are fixed paths. In Maxwell theory, when the accelerated charged particles produce electromagnetic radiations, an electron that moves around the nucleus also emits electromagnetic radiation.

This radiation carries energy from the movement of the electron which comes by the shrinking of orbits. Hence, the electrons will collapse in the nucleus. Studies show that, an electron would collapse in the nucleus in less than 8-10 seconds as per Rutherford model.

So Rutherford model failed to be in conforming with Maxwell's theory as it did not explain the stability of an atom. Another thing about Rutherford model is that, he did not state anything about the electron arrangement in an atom which made it as incomplete.

Though the early atomic models seemed to be not accurate and not explained some experimental results, they form the quantum mechanics base for developments of future in the world.