Question

Give the main drawback of Rutherford's model.

Answer 1

Rutherford proposed that electrons revolve at a high speed in circular orbits around the positively charged nucleus. Whenever a charged particle such as an electron is accelerated around another charged center ( nucleus ) which is under the force of attraction, there will be continuous radiation of energy. This loss of energy would slow down the speed of the electron. This would reduce the radius of the electron–orbit.