Chemistry: Atoms First (2nd Edition)

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1305079248
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-924-3

Chapter 1 - Questions - Page 51b: 19

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J. J. Thomson discovered the cathode ray tubes and postulated that it is made up of negatively charged particles, which are electrons the fundamental component of an atom. Ernest Rutherford discovered the presence of a nucleus in an atom through his famous alpha particle bombardment experiment. This was one of the most important discovery in the field of atomic structure.
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