Describe the contributions of the following scientists to our knowledge of atomic structure: J. J. Thomson, R. A. Millikan, Ernest Rutherford, James Chadwick.
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J. J. Thomson: Thomson discovered the electron in 1897 through his cathode ray experiments. He proposed the "plum pudding" model of the atom, in which negatively charged electrons were embedded in a positively charged sphere. \textbf{J. J. Thomson: Discovered the Show more…
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