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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Which describes a way that the Plum Pudding model was shown to be incorrect

OpenStudy (abb0t):

They assumed electrons were stationary as though they were suck in a field of positive charge. However w now know that \(e^-\) orbit the atom in electron shells and that it is not a "field" of positive charge, but particles actually they were protons which had positive charge in the nucleus attracting the \(e^-\)

OpenStudy (abb0t):

By the way \(e^-\) means electron if you're confused.

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