J.J. Thompson
The Plum Pudding Model
Basic info
- He was born in Manchester, UK on December 18, 1856.
- Died on August 30, 1940 at age 83 in Cambridge, UK
- Nationality is British
- He went to the University of Cambridge
- He got a Noble Prize for Physics (1906)
- J.J. Thompson discovered the electron in 1897.
The Plum Pudding Model
- Discovered the electron in 1897
- Electrons are a negatively charged particles.
- Electrons must be balanced by a sort of positive charge.
- It is also referred too as the "Chocolate Chip Model"