Engineering
Chemistry
Discovery Of Electron Proton Neutron
Thomson Model of Atom
Rutherford Model of Atom
Question
Why is Thomson's model of an atom compared with watermelon ?
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Solution
According to Thomson’s model of the atom, the atom is a sphere of positive charge with negatively charged electrons embedded in it. It is compared with a watermelon because the sphere of positive charge represents the red, edible part of watermelon whereas electrons embedded in a positively charged sphere represent the black seeds.
Thomson's Atomic Model
