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Compare and contrast the contributions of JJ

Thomson and Ernest Rutherford to the atomic theory

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Thomson and Rutherford's models of atoms were the earliest models to explain the structure of an atom. After the discovery of the electron by J.J. Thomson, he proposed a model to explain the structure of the atom. Later, Rutherford discovered the nucleus and introduced a new model using both electron and nucleus

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