What were the drawbacks of Rutherford’s model of an atom?

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What were the drawbacks of Rutherford’s model of an atom?

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answered Nov 4, 2017 by sforrest072 (157,439 points) 61 410 943

The orbital revolution of the electron is not expected to be stable. Any particle in a circular orbit would undergo a acceleration and the charged particles would radiate energy. Thus, the revolving electron would lose energy and finally fall into the nucleus. If this were so, the atom should be highly unstable and hence matter would not exist in the form that we know. 

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