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BAnswerBLouisBdeBBroglie
WhatBtheoryBdidBErwinBShrodingerBproduce?B-
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BAnswerBWernerBHeisenbergBdiscoveredBtheBprincipleBthatBstatesBitBisBimpossibleBtoB
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HowBdidBJJBThomsonBcontributeBtoBtheBatomicBtheory?B-
BAnswerBJJBThomsonBcreatedBtheBplumBpuddingBmodel.BHeBexperimentedBwithBcatho
deBrayBtubesBtoBshowBthatBallBatomsBcontainBtinyBnegativelyBchargedBelectronsBwith
BembeddedBpositiveBmaterial.
WhatBexperimentBdidBRutherfordBconduct?BWhatBatomicBmodelBdidBitBhelpBcreate?B-
BAnswerBGoldBfoilBexperimentBthatBhelpedBcreateBtheBnuclearBmodel.BRutherfordBdis
coveredBthatBatomsBareBmostlyBemptyBspaceBwithBaBtiny,Bdense,BpositivelyBchargedB
nucleus.
HowBdidBRutherfordBknowBthatBtheBnucleusBwasBpositivelyBcharged?B-
BAnswerBFromBhisBexperiment,BRutherfordBdrewBtheBconclusionsBthatBmostBalphaBpa
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