Whose work directly resulted in the development of an atomic model that has negative electrons stuck within a sea of positive material?

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Allison Howard

11 September, 14:51

Whose work directly resulted in the development of an atomic model that has negative electrons stuck within a sea of positive material?

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Jefferson Ferrell · Answer 1

The discoverer of the electron was Thomson. J. J. Thomson portrayed his atom model to look like a plum pudding. In his model, he described that an atom is composed mainly of electrons stuck within a sea of positive material.