Rutherford, a student of Thomson, continued designing experiments to study the interior structure of the atom. Today, you received a handout discussing his gold foil experiment. What findings did he make which altered the Plum Pudding Model? What was his new model for the atom?
Naming compounds: Remeber the general rule - ionic bonds involve a metal (monoatomic cation) and a non-metal (monoatomic or polyatomic anions); covalent bonds are between non-metals. Ammonium ion (NH4+) is the exception to the rule.
HW: Journal entry: Summarize the Gold Foil Experiment and Rutherford’s new model of the atom.
