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The experimental data which is not predicted by Thompson and the reason why he could not make the planetary model of Rutherford- Bohr work.
Answer to Problem 1Q
The experimental data which is not predicted by Thompson is light spectrum of hydrogen and he could not make the planetary model of Rutherford- Bohr work because according to his plum-pudding model there is no Coulomb force of attraction between any charges.
Explanation of Solution
In J.J Thompson’s Plum pudding model for the structure of atom, he proposed that electrons (negatively charge particles) are embedded in a uniform positively charged mass, similarly as raisins in a plum pudding and he also said that electric force on electrons is also zero and they do not move rapidly.
Thompson could not make the planetary model of Rutherford- Bohr work because according to his plum-pudding model there is no Coulomb force of attraction between any charges.
Conclusion:
Thus, the experimental data which is not predicted by Thompson is light spectrum of hydrogen and he could not make the planetary model of Rutherford- Bohr work because according to his plum-pudding model there is no Coulomb force of attraction between any charges.
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