Rutherford-Bohr+model

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In the early part of the 20th century scientists were questioning the actual look of the atom. Rutherford and Bohr, developed their theory of how the atom looks by taking particles and shooting them at a thin piece of gold. Some of the atoms bounced, some went through and some got stuck. This showed that there were different characteristics of the atomic parts. Therefore developing the model shown above.

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