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The Solid Sphere Model was the first atomic model and was developed by John Dalton in the early 19th century. He hypothesized that an atom is a solid sphere that could not be divided into smaller particles. He was able to hypothesize that elements combine at the atomic level
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The Plum Pudding Model is a atom model by JJ Thomson. He discovered that atoms are composite objects, made of pieces with positive and negative charge.
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Rutherford changed Thomsons model. He demonstrated that the atom has a tiny, heavy nucleus.
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The Bohr model is the image we see when we think of an atom today. It is also known as the planetary model.
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Schrodinger combined the equations for the behavior of waves tih de Broglie's equation to generate a model of the distibution of electrons in an atom.
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