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explain J J Thomson model of the structure of an atom

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Dear Student, According to J.J. Thomson's model, the atom is composed of electrons which are embedded in the sea of positive charge. To exemplify, he considered electrons to be like plums in the pudding of positive, so it was also named as Plum pudding model. Regards

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