Thomson, in the prestigiousPhilosophical Magazine’s March edition of 1904, proposed a model of the atom according to which the atom was a bounded region of positive charge that was occupied by negative charges. In his own words: “the atoms of the elements consist of a number of negatively...
Thomson's Discovery of Electron Thomson's Contribution to Atomic Theory Lesson Summary Frequently Asked Questions What is J.J. Thomson's model of the atom called? The atomic model that Thomson initially supported was called the Plum Pudding Model. It was later supplanted by the Rutherford Model...