Question

Recall all the models you described in task 1. Think about the results each model would predict for ruthefords experiment. Which atomic models does rutherfords experimental evidence support? Explain why these models are compatible with the experimental results

Answer 1

Answer:

Bohr's model

Explanation:

Rutherford's experimental evidence best supports the Bohr's model. Recall that in the Bohr's model, the Rutherford model was regarded as a fundamental stepping stone.

Experimental evidence from the Bohr's model shows that the atom is not a sphere of positive charges in which negative charges were embedded. It would have been impossible for Neils Bohr to build the quantum theory from such a model.

Hence, the nuclear theory of Rutherford provided a fundamental stepping stone and experimental backup for the Bohr's model of the atom.

All other models mentioned in task 1 (Dalton, Thompson and Bohr) all mention the fact that the atom is made of particles. Thompson effectively described the particles as negative and positive in nature. Bohr took the idea further by proposing that the negative particles (electrons) were actually found in energy levels that are quantized.