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Ruther ford model of an atom

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Presented by:

T.Sandeep
N.Vamsi
S.Mohammed.Asif
V.Yugandhar
Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937)

He born on 30-8-1871

 Learned physics in J.J.

Thomson’ lab.

He is known as father of

nuclear physics.

He is famous for his

Gold-foil experiment

Animation by Raymond Chang – All rights reserved.

Rutherford ‘Scattering’

• In 1909 Rutherford undertook a series of experiments

• He fired a (alpha) particles at a very thin sample of gold foil
• According to the Thomson model the a particles would only
be slightly deflected
• Rutherford discovered that they were deflected through large angles
and could even be reflected straight back to the source
Lead collimator
Gold foil
a particle
source
q
 Rutherford Scattering (cont.)
Rutherford interpreted this result by suggesting that the a
particles interacted with very small and heavy particles

Case A Particle bounces off

of atom?

Case B
Particle goes through
atom?

Case C Particle attracts

to atom?

Case D
. Particle path is altered
as it passes through atom?
What he got…
richocheting
alpha particles
Rutherford’s Apparatus
Rutherford received the 1908 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his
pioneering work in nuclear chemistry.
Rutherford Experiment

a-rays
DRAWBACKS OF RUTHERFORD MODEL OF ATOM
The Rutherford,s model explains the stucture of atom is very simple
way. But it suffers from the following drawbacks:
1.Ruterford proposed that electron revolve at a high speed in circular orbit
around the positively charged nucleus .When a charged particle i.e., electron
revolve around positively charged nucleus, it need to be accelerated so as keep it
moving in circular orbit

2.However according to electromagnetic theory,whenever a charged particle such

as electron is accelerated around another charged centre[nucleus]which are
under force of attraction, there would be continuous radiations of energy. This
loss of energy would slow down the speed of the electron and eventually the
electron would fall into the nucleus atom would collapse. But such collapse does
not occur. Thus, Rutherford,s model could not explain the stability of atom.
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