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One of the drawbacks of Rutherford's Atomic Model is that it failed to explain ______ of atoms.

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stability
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Solution

The correct option is B stability
Rutherford gave the explanation that electrons revolve around the nucleus in a spiral path. This is not satisfactory because in following a spiral path, energy is lost by the electrons and ultimately they will fall into the nucleus, but atoms are stable.

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