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Atoms

Madhya Pradesh Board · Class 12 · Physics

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A labeled diagram showing the experimental setup for the Geiger-Marsden alpha-particle scattering experiment, including the alpha source, lead bricks, gold foil, and a movable detector screen.
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1. Early ideas about atomic structure

  • J. J. Thomson discovered electrons in 1897 through electric discharge experiments in gases.
  • Thomson proposed the first atomic model in 1898.
  • In Thomson's atomic model, positive charge is uniformly spread throughout the atom and electrons are embedded in it like seeds in a watermelon.
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2. Rutherford's alpha-particle scattering experiment

  • Rutherford proposed the alpha-scattering experiment in 1906.
  • The experiment was performed around 1911 by Hans Geiger and Ernst Marsden at Rutherford's suggestion.
  • A beam of 5.5 MeV alpha-particles from a Bi-214 source was directed at a thin gold foil.
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3. Rutherford's nuclear model and its limitations

  • Rutherford's model places almost all the mass and all the positive charge in a small nucleus.
  • Electrons revolve around the nucleus in orbits.
  • The model explains alpha-particle scattering well.
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4. Bohr model of the hydrogen atom

  • Bohr studied in Rutherford's laboratory in 1912.
  • Bohr proposed his model in 1913.
  • Bohr explained the hydrogen spectrum using quantum ideas.

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