What did rutherfords atomic model inclde that other models did not?
When Rutherford noticed that small amounts of alpha particles (Helium nuclei) fired through a thin gold foil would veer off course, he deduced that the atom could be composed of a large, negative area (the electron “orbits”) and a small, positive area (the nucleus). Through this experiment, Rutherford disproved J.J. Thompson’s “Plum pudding model” and introduced his own “Planetary Model”.
