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Plum Pudding Model

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
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Verified for the 2026 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

The "Plum Pudding" model, proposed by J.J. Thomson, suggests that an atom is made up of a positively charged sphere with negatively charged electrons embedded within it.

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