Thursday, May 10, 2012

What was discovered first nucleus electron proton neutron?

First it was discovered by Ernest Rutherford that atoms had an area of condensed positive charge in the centre, which he called the nucleus. Then the particles that made up the nucleus were identified as protons, and then the smaller charges around the nucleus were found and called electrons. Then to explain the mass of the nucleus the existence of the neutron was hypothesised and confirmed.

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