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Facts

Also Known As	Thomson model • plum pudding atomic model

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Diagram of the Thomson atomic model showing a sphere of positively charged matter with embedded electrons represented as small circles inside the larger orange sphere.

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Topics

atom Rutherford model Bohr model shell atomic model subatomic particle radioactivity Atomism isotope periodic table magnetic resonance fundamental force

Key People

J.J. Thomson

J.J. Thomson

British physicist