How do the plum pudding model and rutherfords model of an atom differ?
The plum pudding model displays the atom as negatively charged electron embedded in a fluid of positive charge, thus the name plum for the electron and the pudding for the positive fluid thought to balance the negative charges. The rutherford model is based on the gold foil experiment and it has a nucleus in which is extremely small, positively charged and dense. The model has lots of empty space around the nucleus which was where the elctrons were placed.
