English Explanatory Dictionary

Rutherford model

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A conceptual model of the atom, superseding the plum pudding model, and involving a relatively high central charge concentrated into a very small volume in comparison to the rest of the atom, with this central volume (the nucleus) containing most of the atom's mass. It was superseded by the Bohr model.

Word forms

Rutherford model the Rutherford model

Etymology

Devised by Ernest Rutherford.

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