J.J. Thomson’s experiments with cathode ray tubes showed that all atoms contain tiny negatively charged subatomic particles or electrons. Thomson proposed the plum pudding model of the atom, which had negatively-charged electrons embedded within a positively-charged “soup.”
In a pure metal, the electrons can be thought of as [concentrated] around atoms throughout the metal. Using molecular orbital theory, there [is ] an energy gap between the filled molecular orbitals and empty molecular orbitals. The [antibonding] orbitals are typically higher in energy and are mostly (filled]
Drill cores from the ocean floor were dated and found to be very young compared to the age of the earth. This means the crust had to be formed recently, which can be explained by creation of crust at a spreading center.
