Why was J.J. Thomson's model of the atom incorrect, /sci/?
try the homework board
>>>/hm/
It was proposed before the discovery of the atomic nucleus.
The model has electrons intwined in something like an atomic nucleus, their charges balanced out by a "positive soup" instead of protons. And I don't believe it has any mention of neutrons
>>7733786
It's not homework. Also, posting to /hm/ is the oldest shit on /sci/.
I just want an answer from you guys.
Dude just shoot some alpha particles at a very thin piece of gold and watch the scattering.
>>7733796
read a highschool physics textbook if you wan tto know
some popsci bullshit documentary is probably more your cup of tea though. I doubt you read books.
>>7733817
How dare one be inquisitive, right?
Rutherford did an experiment that concluded that there must be a highly dense positively charged center due to alpha scattering
>>7733844
Yeah? When I get inquisitive about something I study it or at least look it up in wiki. Resigning yourself to being a simpleton who needs to be spoonfed basic idea by a camel shagging team chatroom is dumb.
>>7733862
It;s more interesting to get the answer from you guys, though.
>>7733872
>being dumb is more interesting
...and so popsci is born
>>7733782
Oh so many reasons:
>Thomson saw what we call the nucleus as a being a defuse blob of "positive charge"
>The density of said blob was very low
>It couldn't accommodate neutrons
>The electrons aren't scatted on and within the blob, but in fact move around the outside.
And perhaps most importantly:
>Rutherford's experiments falsified it.
There's probably a lot more wrong with it but that's the main problems.
>>7733782
at the time it wasn't incorrect it was a plausible model because there was no evidence.
just as saying now that atoms are actually egg shaped or hexagonal
you can't prove they arent
>>7733899
>>7733914
so?
doesn't prove its not egg shaped
>>7733899
>you can't prove they arent
Actually....
>>7733930
so?
look at an egg from the top
it looks round
>>7733935
Good thing for you we can't image in 3 dimensions, right? Oh, wait, we can....
>>7733935
>look at the Earth from space
>its flat
Round earthers btfo
>>7733930
OMG they're hexagons!!
>>7733782
Because pic related
