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What was the main idea behind Thomson’s atomic model?

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Thomson’s model proposed that atoms consisted of a positively charged sphere with embedded electrons, suggesting that atoms were not indivisible but composed of smaller particles.

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  1. Thomson’s atomic model, proposed in 1904, suggested that atoms resemble a “plum pudding,” where negatively charged electrons are embedded within a positively charged sphere, akin to raisins within a pudding, thus implying that atoms are overall electrically neutral.

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