Answer to Question #213240 in General Chemistry for Rohit

Question

If plum pudding model of atom would be valid, then producing cathode ray and electricity would be a myth”- justify these statement with scientific facts and logical approach

Answer 1

So the plum pudding model is different from the hard-sphere model of the atom because in the hard sphere model of the atom, the atom is the smallest division of matter. But in the plum pudding model, there is a negatively charged electron which is smaller than an atom.