What was Thompson's model of the atom called

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Neveah Forbes

27 February, 05:49

What was Thompson's model of the atom called

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Jane Baird · Answer 1

plum pudding - APEX-

Alexandria Wade · Answer 2

J. J. Thomson, who discovered the electron in 1897, proposed the plum pudding model of the atom in 1904 before the discovery of the atomic nucleus in order to include the electron in the atomic model. In Thomson's model, the atom is composed of electrons (which Thomson still called "corpuscles," though G. J.