Rutherford model
English edit
Etymology edit
Devised by Ernest Rutherford.
Proper noun edit
the Rutherford model
- (physics) A conceptual model of the atom, superseding the plum pudding model, and involving a relatively high central charge concentrated into a very small volume in comparison to the rest of the atom, with this central volume (the nucleus) containing most of the atom's mass. It was superseded by the Bohr model.