CameraIcon

SearchIcon

MyQuestionIcon

418

You visited us 418 times! Enjoying our articles? Unlock Full Access!

History of the Atom

According to ...

Question

According to J.J.Thomson's atomic model, where are the negative charges of an atom embedded in?

A

A lump of positive charge

Right on! Give the BNAT exam to get a 100% scholarship for BYJUS courses

B

A lump of small atoms

No worries! We‘ve got your back. Try BYJU‘S free classes today!

C

A lump of neutrons

No worries! We‘ve got your back. Try BYJU‘S free classes today!

D

The nucleus

No worries! We‘ve got your back. Try BYJU‘S free classes today!

Open in App

Solution

The correct option is D A lump of positive charge
JJ Thompson proposed that an atom possesses a spherical shape in which the positive charge is uniformly distributed and the electrons are embedded into it in such a manner as to give the most stable electrostatic arrangement.

Suggest Corrections

thumbs-up

0

Similar questions

Q. According to whose atomic model, electrons are embedded in a gel of positive charge?

Q. The model of an atom according to which “An atom contains negatively charged particles called electrons embedded uniformly throughout a thinly spread positively charged spherical mass” is

Q. The statements gives below are the postulates of various atomic models. Arrange them in their chronological order.
(a) Fine structure is due to the presence of sub shells in the main energy level.
(b) The size of an atom is much larger than the size of its nucleus.
(c) As long as the electron is present in a particular orbit, its energy remains constant.
(d) Negatively charged particles are uniformly spread in the lump of positive charge.

According to J.J Thomson, an atom is a positively charged sphere. Which sub atomic particles are embedded in it?

Q. An early model for an atom considered it to have a positively charged nucleus of charge

Z e

surrounded by a uniform density of negative charge up to a radius

R

. The atom as a whole is neutral. For this model, what is the electric field at a distance

r

from the nucleus, where

r > R

?

View More

Join BYJU'S Learning Program

similar_icon

Related Videos

lock

History of Atoms

PHYSICS

Watch in App

explore_more_icon

Explore more

History of the Atom

Standard XII Physics

Join BYJU'S Learning Program

CrossIcon