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J.J. Thomson discovered the electron in 1897.
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Thomson's plum pudding model described atoms as having electrons embedded in a ball of negative charge.
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The Gold Foil Experiment was used to discover the electron.
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J.J. Thomson's hypothesis stated that cathode rays are made up of positively charged particles called corpuscles.
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The atom according to Thomson consists of a nucleus containing protons, neutrons, and electrons in shells.
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Thomson's ideas about the atom were solely based on imagination without any evidence or technological advances.
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Thomson's experiments led him to conclude that cathode rays are negatively charged particles.
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The number of subatomic particles in an atom can be calculated from the atom's atomic number and neutron number.
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Thomson's plum pudding model compared the electrons in an atom to fruit embedded in a ball of positive charge.
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Thomson's hypotheses included the idea that the nucleus of an atom contains protons and neutrons.
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